All that gold

[alisonb2210]

No: HPFGUIDX 41860

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Grace" <SaalsG at c...> wrote:
> From CoS:
> "Harry had inherited just one thing from his father: a long and 
silvery Invisibility Cloak."
> 
> Hey wait a minute... what about all that gold in Gringotts?  That 
didn't come from James and Lily?
> Flipping through the Movie That Shall Not Be Named,  Hagrid stands 
with Harry before his opened vault.  Harry's jaw is slack and he sees 
his fortune for thefirst time - and Hagrid says something like "You 
didn't your mum and dad would leave you with nothin, did yeh?"  But 
in PS/SS, all Hagrid says is: "All Your's."
> 
> So who DID Harry inherit his fortune from?  Had I been assuming 
that this fortune came from James and Lily when  the gold in that 
vault is actually belonging to Sirius Black?  Or is this a separate 
account that really belongs to Dumbledore and that's why McGonagall 
goes to check with Dumbledore before making the purchase of the 
Nimbus 2000...
> 
> Grace

Several times throughout the series, mention is made of the "small 
fortune Harry inherited from his parents." Especially when a contrast 
is being drawn between Harry's relative wealth when compared to the 
Weasleys. 

Alison.