Have you ever considered....

[jferer]

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Date: 8/16/00 10:14 am  (ET)

There's been several theories why, but we don't know why Voldemort went
after James and Harry, or how and why the house was destroyed. Let's see:
here are a few:

1. Harry and James are descendants of Godric Gryffindor, and Voldemort,
the Heir of Slytherin, must destroy them before they destroy him. This
would explain why Voldemort wouldn't have bothered killing Lily if she
hadn't got in the way.

2. James and/or Lily were Aurors, hot on the trail of Voldemort himself
or his Death Eaters.

3. James and/or Lily were Unspeakables of the Department of Mysteries,
doing the most secret work of the wizarding world, and we'll find out
the details at some future time.

4. Voldemort is actually Harry's father, or Lily's father, or Harry and
Hermione's father, or something. This is for all Luke and Leia fans.

The truth is we don't know. We do know Voldemort did not set out to kill
Lily -- he said so in Sorcerer's Stone -- but she got in the way trying
to protect Harry.

This will ultimately be settled before the series is over. We get to
have fun with it 'till then.