Lily adopted

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., pigwidgeon37 at y... wrote:
> r_e_d_queen  wrote >
> 

> Jenny from ravenclaw wrote:

> Cheryl Dimof wrote:
> <Perhaps Lily was not actually Muggle born, but adopted and Harry is 
> <actually descended from Gryffindor through his mother's line
> 
> OK, I'm glad somebody else brought up the adoption theory, which I 
> thought of many times myself, because it would explain a great many 
> things: 1) the striking difference between Lily and Petunia, 2) the 
> fact that Lily is a witch and Petunia isn't (think of the 
Muggle-born 
> Creevey brothers), 3) the surprising absence of any other family 
> member who could take Harry after his parents were murdered 
> (Petunia's and Lily's parents, if they are still alive-seems they 
> aren't- would maybe have refused because Harry was no real relative 
> to them). In the Mirror of Erised, Harry sees relatives from his 
> mother's side ("And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other 
> people in the mirror and saw other pairs of green eyes like his,...)

Alright, I agree with most of these points, and it would make sense. 
Though I am sorry I have to disagree with number 3. No relatives to 
take care of him because Harry is not a real relative. no way. When 
someone is adopted, that is their family. Regaurdless of what you do, 
or what you kids are. They would take care of him. The only people I 
exempt from this is the Dursleys. They are horrible and would not take 
care of Harry even if he was a real relative. But possibly Petunia was 
so jealous of her "adopted sister" getting all the attention and that 
sprung feelings of not wanting to take care of Harry...