[HPforGrownups] Sudden Thought re: the Dursleys

[Nathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 11027

Penny wrote:

>I don't know why this just hit me, but I'm wondering if the very fact
>that Harry got placed with the Dursleys and must return to the Dursleys
>each summer is even more solid proof that they are indeed his only
>living blood relatives (in other words, Hermione is not his sister or
>his second cousin, and the Weasleys are not suddenly going to be related
>to him either).  It sounds as though the "ancient magic" that Dumbledore
>invoked for Harry's protection required that he be with blood
>relatives.  It would make sense that they must be the *only* choice to
>fulfill this requirement, or Dumbledore wouldn't have placed him with
>such a hideous family (or continue to insist that he return there).

Rememebr that Dumbledore had a pragmatic reason as well for leaving Harry
with the Dursleys when McGonagall was attempting to dissuade him from it. It
was to prevent him from feeling to self-important too early in his life. It
seems to have worked, although I personally have my doubts on whether life
with the Dursleys, slapstickally comical as it may be, is worth it at all.

Nathan

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forever, ya know. :)