[HPforGrownups] "Harry, I am your *Uncle*"

[Alexandra Y. Kwan]

No: HPFGUIDX 18514

Hello,

> i'm not so sure about that...  their parents could
> have divorced and since they do loathe each other so
> much, he appointed Snape as Harry's guardian...
> or maybe Snape is like James's cousin or something.
> just my opinion

Hmm.  Even if the parents divorced, there's no reason for Snape to change
his last name.  I mean, unless the kid really, really loathed his/her 'real'
father, not that many kids would change their last name to their
stepfather's.  Secondly, Dumbledore did mention in Philosopher's
Stone/Sorcerer's Stone that the Dursleys were Harry's last living relatives.
I mean, we can always play "what if" and muse about Alternative Universes,
but in canon, there's no blood relationship between Snape and Harry.

little Alex