J.K. Rowling's Pottermore reveals Harry Potter ancestry details

J.K. Rowlinghas offeredmore details ofHarry Potter's family tree as part of an extensive revamp of her website Pottermore.com.

Unveiled Tuesday, the newly redesigned site is designed to be "the digital heart of the Wizarding World" that the bestselling author first introduced in her blockbuster novel series and perpetuated with the series of hit films.

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"The Potter family is a very old one, but it was never (until the birth of Harry James Potter) at the very forefront of wizarding history, contenting itself with a solid and comfortable existence in the backwaters," Rowling writes in a new entry about her famous character's ancestry.

Along with listing a few notable predecessors, she also explains how the Potter clan built up its modest fortune and how the Invisibility Cloak became a family heirloom.

The British writer who has since moved onto publishing novels for adults will see the expansion of her "Potterverse" with two upcoming projects: the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opens in London in 2016, and a spinoff movie trilogy inspired byFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the Hogwarts textbook shementionsin her novels and which Rowling published in real life in 2001 as a Potter companion book andcharity fundraiser effort.

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The site also promises news updates, insider information, sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes reports and glimpses of the new projects from a "Pottermore Correspondent."

"Pottermore is a place where you can unleash your imagination and allow it to lead you on adventures," Rowling says in an audio message.

"If you need a little extra magic in your life, you've come to the right place."