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[Harry Potter] Did any of the professors in Hogwarts have families?

Were they away from their families 9 months out of 12 or were they able to return to their families for each night using floo network etc? Or were they all single for one reason or another? No children? Or is there somewhere a guideline saying they only hire single/widowed people?

I know the HP universe is not perfect, I'm just wondering if there's ever anyone teaching in Hogwarts who has a family; and how do they handle this.
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There isn't much information on the marital status of hogwarts professors, but we DO know that Neville Longbottom was married to Hannah Abbot during his time as Herbology Professor. Hannah originally took over as landlady of the leaky cauldron, but then later trained as a healer to become Matron of Hogwarts. There's no certain reason why she would have chosen such a drastic life change, but it isn't impossible she did so to be closer to Neville. What it definitely suggests is that the two didn't see each other often due to the nature of Neville's work.


Another fact is that the majority of Professors during Harry's time at school were single, even excluding the rather... unfortunate DADA professors. This suggests that there might be some extra burden their jobs put on forming relationships, or that the type of person to pursue academic success don't tend to marry as much.

Overall, professors at Hogwarts would be no different from teachers at Muggle Boarding schools. Those tend to either marry within the faculty, or their spouses will live on campus with them, or nearby in town. It could be that due to the ease of travel via wizarding methods, that couples have an easier time apart, but really, each professor will have their own solution. It may very well be that they find they're not suited for a long term, long distance relationship and choose to either pursue romance or their career.