Why doesn't Harry ever ask questions?

[lipglossusa]

No: HPFGUIDX 33869

Okay, with all this discussion of Lily and MWPP, I have to bring up 
something that continuously bugs me in every single book:  why 
doesn't Harry ever ask any questions about his parents?  He does ask 
in SS why Voldemort wanted to kill him, and Dumbledore tells him that 
he isn't ready to know yet.  But other than that, he never seems to 
express any desire to know much else, unless it has relevance to the 
immediate situation.

Okay, it's obvious why he doesn't ask the Dursleys, since Petunia and 
Vernon have an aneurysm every time time he dares to mention his 
"unnaturalness." But Hagrid, Sirius, Lupin, and practically everyone 
else who knew James, are always going on about what a great guy James 
was-- so why doesn't Harry ever ask WHAT it was that James did that 
was so great?  It would be nice to hear some funny stories about all 
the pranks James was famous for.  And why was the Marauders map 
confiscated in the first place? It could be argued that it's a 
painful subject for everyone, but it's been 15 years after all.  
Lupin and Harry never got to be that close, and Sirius is pretty busy 
as a fugitive on the run to be sitting down with Harry to have a chat 
about his dead best friends, but Hagrid claims to have been good 
friends with both Lily and James-- it's just a little hard for me to 
believe, that in all this time, Harry has never thought to ask him 
about his parents.

I also realize that JKR intends to withhold info for as long as 
possible in the interest of dragging out the suspense, but if I was 
Harry, I would want to KNOW.  Like, what really happened to the rest 
of James's and Lily's families?  Where was Harry born, and how long 
were they living at Godric's Hollow?  Where are they buried?  ... and 
all the other questions we ask each other on this list.  Harry should 
be the one to ask, and he doesn't.  Any thoughts?