Godparents & religion & Harry's Relatives on fathers side

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 17007

Hi --

Dumbledore has said that the Dursleys are Harry's only living
relatives.  I believe we can infer that all of the Potter relatives are
in fact deceased.  It seems implausible at first blush, but then again,
Voldy's first regime was likely harsh & targeting families like the
Potters.

Morag Traynor wrote:

> Just MHO, but it's my belief a child can have any number (within
> reason,
> obviously) of godparents, of either sex - i.e. there doesn't have to
> be a godmother for every godfather.  It is not unheard of for a child
> to have
> four or five godparents.
>
> The fact that Harry has a godfather does rather seem to imply he was
> christened - one of the extremely rare references (if you can call it
> a
> reference) to religion in the canon.

Actually, one of the Brits might pipe up, but I think godfather (or
godmother) can also be used as a non-religious term for "legal
guardian."  It can be used in that sense over here anyway.  Sirius makes
it sound as though he was definitely made Harry's legal guardian (I
don't have PoA in front of me for the exact language).  But, yes, he
might have also been christened in a religious ceremony with Sirius
serving as his "sponsor" (godfather).  There needn't be a godmother to
correspond to Sirius' godfather role.  He could be the sole sponsor.  If
there was a godmother, it's reasonably clear she's dead or Sirius would
likely have mentioned this I think.

Penny


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