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

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 37124

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda" <editor at t...> wrote:
 
> 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.>

I have to agree with Amanda here.  Not only is there clearly some 
important magical reason for Harry being raised by the Dursleys, but 
it said that the Dursleys are Harry's only remaining relatives.  I do 
not recall even a hint of another relative being mentioned anywhere 
in any of the four books so far.  Wouldn't it be just a little too 
cute if Dumbledore turned out to be Harry's great-grandfather 
anyway?  JKR seems pretty intent on avoiding scenarios like that, 
which is partly, I think, why she is so popular.  

As far as Harry being just as safe with Dumbledore, he is obviously 
not.  Voldemort has found his way to Harry three times now, no thanks 
to Dumbledore.  I am not saying that Dumbledore is not doing a good 
job protecting Harry; if it weren't for him, who knows where Harry 
would have ended up after his parents deaths.  However, Dumbledore 
knows that Hogwarts is just not *the* safest place for Harry.  We 
also do not know if Dumbledore has a family of his own (of which 
Harry is not a part) to take care of, and running Hogwarts is a job 
demanding enough that bringing a small child there to raise would be 
very difficult for Dumbledore to do. 

Dumbledore is one of my favorite characters (possibly second after 
Harry himself), but he is not without faults, both inside and away 
from Hogwarts.  I would also personally hate it if we found out he 
was Harry's relative and didn't tell him for so many years.  That 
just would not be Dumbledore's style.

--jenny from ravenclaw*********************************************