If Texans were in Harry Potter, they'd be in Slytherin house says Time and Cambridge



Researchers came to this conclusion after some 330,000 people in the U.S. took a personality test. less If Texans were ever to make it to the wizarding world, most would be Slytherin according to researchers at the Cambridge University Department of Psychology.

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If Texans were in the wizarding world, there's a good chance that they may find themselves as the villain rather than the hero.

A study conducted by the Cambridge University Department of Psychology and Time magazine has sorted out which Hogwarts house each state would belong in based on a personality test. According to the study, Texas aligns with the Slytherin house.

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"To gather data on the personality traits of each House, we began by recruiting hundreds of Harry Potter devotees to answer the same 21 questions in this quiz on behalf of 20 different characters, five from each House," Time wrote.

For those who don't know, there are four different houses students at Hogwarts, the school where Harry Potter learns magic. Gryffindor is associated with bravery, courage and heroism. It's the house Harry and his best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly belong to.

The house Ravenclaw values wit, learning and wisdom. Hufflepuffs value hard work, patience and loyalty. The last house is Slytherin, which a majority of the series' villains come from, including Harry's arch-nemesis Voldermort.

"Slytherin produces more than its share of Dark wizards, but also turns out leaders who are proud, ambitious and cunning," according to Pottermore.

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The analysis found that most southern states gravitate toward Slytherin while the Midwest is more Hufflepuff. Potential Gryffindor members were more likely to be found in the west and northwest, while Ravenclaw is mostly found in the northeast.

To see if which house you'd fit in, try Time's Sorting Hat quiz here.

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