Too many things for this subject line...spoilers

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1627

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Firebolt" <particle at u...> wrote:
Kelley wrote:
> <Now, I know there's a popular theory that
> Lily has Slyth blood, but why not James?  Does everybody feel that
> the many times JKR's mentioned how much Harry, Tom Riddle, and James
> all resemble each other is just a red herring?  I just can't let 
this
> go.  Couldn't Lily be descended from Gryff?  Maybe she turned up on
> Petunia's parents doorstep the way Harry ended up with the Dursleys.
> Petunia's parents raised her as their own, and Petunia never knew; 
or
> maybe she did.  Maybe Godric Gryffindor has emerald green eyes.
> Everyone just assumed Lily was muggle-born.  Couldn't Harry be
> descended from both Slyth and Gryff?  It was Gryff and Slyth who had
> the big blow out all those years ago; Harry being descended from 
both
> would be a great twist.>

Firebolt wrote: 
> Thank you! I was thinking the same thing about James and Lily's 
ancestry.
> Another plausible way for Lily to be the descendant of Gryff (or 
any famous
> wizard, for that matter) is if one of both of her parents was 
descended
> from/is a squib...
> 
> ~Firebolt

Kelley again:
Thank you, Firebolt, I'm so glad I'm not alone!  Either there is some 
relation between Harry, James, and TRJ, -OR- JKR wants us to think 
that's where she's going, so she can throw another curveball at us.  
If Vold was only after James and Harry, it makes a lot of sense for 
them to be descended from Gryff., but there may very well be 
something like this in Lily's background too.  Your idea that her 
parents might be squibs is a good one.  Someone else posted somewhere 
that Petunia might be a squib, explaining why she's so jealous of 
Lily, which makes a lot of sense too.  Has Dumble ever mentioned that 
Lily is muggle-born, or is it only Hagrid?  

Too many questions...

Kelley