Dumbledore is NOT a relative (was Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from?)

[Amanda]

No: HPFGUIDX 36937

Felicia said, regarding my vehement disagreement that Dumbledore is Harry's
grandfather or other relation:

> Bearing in mind some of the wilder and wierder theories proposed , I don't
> think it's that far-fetched really.  If only unhappy peole become ghosts
> James and Lily are candidates, having died an unhappy death.  If there is
> protection in Privet Drive that surely Dumbledore would be right and, with
> the reluctant agreement of James and Lily, only sensible to protect Harry
as
> much as he could.
>
> I don't necessarily agree with the hypothesis.  However, like most
theories,
> it cannot be discounted yet................

I think it can. The protection in Privet Drive is not a regional thing; they
didn't plunk Harry down with a random family who lives in a naturally
occurring safe area. The intimation is that Harry is safe there because of
some magic having to do with being with his own kin, his family. If
Dumbledore were related to Harry, the same protection could be engineered
for Harry with Dumbledore. There would be no need to involve the Dursleys;
if Dumbledore were a relative, the old magic would protect Harry with him,
too. So if Dumbledore is a relative, the secondary reason to put Harry
there, even if it's a ghastly place--that he is protected there--is no
reason at all. Which brings me back to refusing to entertain the theory.

--Amanda