Lily and Petunia contact

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No: HPFGUIDX 2631


In a message dated 10/1/00 4:05:40 AM, HPforGrownups at egroups.com writes:

>From: "storm stanford" <msmacgoo at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Lily, and Petunia's last contact w/ each other...
>
>"Listening to the start of SS/PS, it says that Petunia hadn't heard 
>from Lily in several years, but yet she knew that the Potter's son 
>would be Dudley's age- 1 year.  
>
>How would she know he was one if she hadn't had any contact in 
>several years(which to me implies about 3yrs.)? ??
>
>Scott
Perhaps "heard from"  could imply converse. Lily would have sent a birth 
announcement to Petunia, which might or might not have been ripped up when it 
arrived.  Possibly even a birth announcement in the papers. (Do they do that 
in the UK? ) My sense of Lily is she would have sent announcements privately 
by owl and  muggle post to those that she knew. We also don't know if Lily 
had any relatives alive at the time of Harry's birth. We had a year and a few 
months before the Potters were murdered. Would have been sweet for Lily's mam
a and/or papa to see infant Harry before passing on.  


Aylihael

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