Scholastic chat/ what did we learn from this?

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 3723

Well, Denise, I think someone posted that JKR gave the info at 
some 'live' event that Mrs. Figg is a squib.  Is she perhaps the 
person who will discover his/her magical abilities later in life?  
(That could also be Filch, or Petunia--my hope, or Dudley).  I would 
guess that Figg ~is~ Arabella Figg, but you're right, JKR didn't 
confirm it.  We learned Lily's name was Evans, but this would have 
been her father's name, we still don't know anything about her 
mother, or her mother's family--wizards in the family tree?  Since 
cats are important, one that wasn't mentioned that ~I~ think will be 
important is Mrs. Norris.  Lily was in Gryff., can we figure the 
Marauders were in Gryff. as well?  JKR laughed about Lily being 
related to Vold, saying it was very 'Stars Wars-ish', so do we take 
this as a "no"?  She still could be descended from Gryff, and we 
learned nothing about James' ancestry.  He could be Gryff-descended; 
he ~is~ wizard-born, according to the books; but he, Harry, and TR 
jr. seem to look a bit alike.  Did she confirm that Vold _is_ the 
last descendent of Slyth, or just confirm that it was supposed to be 
descendent, and not ancestor?  The 1000 students is closer to the 
number (800 or so) that I always imagined, but she didn't give info 
on how many kids per year, or how many teachers there are.  James was 
a chaser, could there be anything here?

must give it some more thought...

Kelley