Dobby's history

[Allison]

No: HPFGUIDX 21539

Florence wrote:
> I just had a wild idea that perhaps Dobby (or his father/mother) 
had 
> previously belonged to the Potters and was relocated to the Malfoys 
> after the Godrics Hollow massacre.
> 
> James Potter was from an old wizarding family and might have owned 
a 
> house elf?  Could this explain why Dobby is such a fan of Harry?


Maybe, but I doubt it.  Dobby says he is a fan of Harry's because 
Harry's defeat of V. changed the way house-elves were treated, Dobby 
himself being the exception.  

And in the 4th book, doesn't Winky say her mother and her grandmother 
both served the Crouches?  I think house-elves probably get one 
family (or school or business, like Hogwarts) and that family serves 
it until they're released or fired.

Allison