Who were the Potters?

[jastrangfeld]

No: HPFGUIDX 45997

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "purple_801999" <purple_801999 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Jim wrote-
> > 
> > I thought that it was made pretty clear in COS that Harry was not 
> > considered a "mudblood".  Why would anyone consider a non-
pureblood 
> to be 
> > the heir of Slytherin?  


> Could be that Mr.and Mrs.Evans were the opposite of Mr.Weasley and 
> found the wizarding world to be completely fasinating. > 
> -Olivia 
> Grey


Sorry to be so late in responding to Jim's original post here.  GOF p 
456:

Hagrid is speaking "Yeh know what I'd love, Harry?  I'd love yeh ter 
win, I really would.  It'd show 'em all . . . yeh don' have ter be 
pureblood ter do it.  Yeh don' have ter be ashamed of what yeh are.  
It'd show 'em Dumbledore's the one who's got it right', lettin' 
anyone in as long as they can do magic."

So I am thinking that Harry is not considered a pureblood either.  
The question then, is why they think Harry could have opened it, or 
why Malfoy doesn't call Harry a mudblood himself.

I do think that it's possible that the Evans did believe that the WW 
was completely facinating.  I also think it's possible, well seeing 
as how young Lily and James were when they died, that perhaps they 
were hiding out in Lily's parents house?  Or next door?  Perhaps 
Voldemort killed them as well in the fight?

How did Voldemort arrive at the house anyway?  I mean, James had time 
to tell Lily that Voldemort was there (we're always assuming that's 
who he was referring to).  I would think if he apparated in, you'd 
think James wouldn't have time to "stumble" into the next room as it 
says in POA.  Did he pull up in a muggle car?  Walk up to the house?  
Arrive on broomstick?  It just seems odd.

Julie