Mrs Figg (possible spoilers)

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 1539

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Flying Ford Anglia"
<neilward at d...> 
wrote:

> I agree that he probably meant Harry's "only living relatives", but 
> his use of the word "family" left a sliver of a glimmer of a 
> possibility that there might be another living relative who is, 
> perhaps, completely mad, totally unsuitable for parenting and
living 
> in a cave on Easter Island... or who is Mrs Figg.  No?  Okay then.

Actually, I thought you might be hinting at a blood relative who had 
gone over to Voldemort and thus divorced his/her family.

As for Mrs. Figg, it is not clear that she is less suitable for 
parenting than the Dursleys.