Where are the grandparents?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 36088

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "drjennyfer" <drjennyfer at h...> wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm new here, so you've probably discussed this already (sorry!) but 
> on re-reading the books, I noticed the apparent lack of grandparents 
> throughout. With the exception of Neville's Gran, no grandparents
> ever seem to be mentioned. (Voldemort killed his at the beginning of 
> GoF but they were his father's parents and therefore muggles.) We
> know that wizards live longer than Muggles, so they can't all be
> dead. 
> Is it merely that they are unimportant to the story/plot?
> 

Ron does mention a grandfather who plays/played chess,
Hermione... we don't even know much of her *parents*, only that 
they're muggle-dentists...
Harry-- all dead. (Since Petunia and Dudley are his ONLY relatives).

All other characters aren't included enough to know even parents, 
unless they're Ron's siblings.

My guess is that they're unimportant. Ancestry isn't what defines you, 
but the choices you make... although I do think that Voldemort and 
Harry both descend from at least one founder of Hogwarts.