Boffin family
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In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Boffin (anglicization of Bophîn, name of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) family are a prominent hobbit family of The Shire, associated with the region of the Yale in the Eastfarthing. Important members include Berylla Boffin, who was an ancestor of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and Folco Boffin, who helped Frodo in his move from Bag End.
They were a Stoor family, and their ancestors long dwelt in Dunland before migrating northwest.
[edit] Boffins of the Yale
Buffo Boffin
= Ivy Goodenough
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Bosco Basso Briffo Berylla
| = Balbo Baggins
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Otto the Fat Bilbo Baggins
= Lavendar Grubb
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Hugo Uffo Rollo Primrose
= Donnamira Took = Sapphira Brockhouse = Druda Burrows = Blanco Bracegirdle
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Jago Jessamine Gruffo Gerda Sago Bruno Lobelia
= Fem = Herugar = Lila Grubb = Adalbert Bolger = Frinella Chubb = Tolula = Otho Sackville-
Hornblower Bolger | | Goold Baggins
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Vigo Griffo (various | | Lotho
= Tansy Proudfoot = Daisy Baggins descendants) Hugo Hilda
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Folco Tosto Brandybuck
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