Voldemort/James Potter/Lily/Petunia

[heiditandy]

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From: heiditandy
Subject: Re: Voldemort/James Potter/Lily/Petunia
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5158] Voldemort/James Potter
Date: 7/27/00 1:02 pm  (ET)

What I've recently been suspecing is that James was an only child, and
his parents (a witch & a wizard) were earlier victims of Voldemort &
the Death Eaters (as Dave Barry says, a good name for a rock band
(NOT!)). However, it's hard for me to believe that the Potter-side
Grandparents were both only children as well, and if they weren't,
then Harry might have some great aunts & uncles out there somewhere,
unless THEY were all killed, which I find somewhat improbable.
I don't know, maybe they have to be 1st degree relatives (aunt/uncle)
for the "old magic" protection to manifest and that's why any great
aunts & uncles wouldn't fit the bill.

The other thing I've been wondering is, were Lily and Petunia twins? As
the mother of a young child, with lots of friends in the same "state",
it's kind of unusual for siblings who are more than a year or so apart in
age, and hwo have children while in their 20's (which is an assumption
I am making) to have *eldest* children within 4 months of each other,
as Harry & Dudley are.