Who were the Potters? (Trelawney's prediction

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., GulPlum <hpfgu at p...> wrote:
> At 03:21 29/10/02 +0000, Liz wrote:
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>I know that because Dumbledore had his own spies, he knew that
I subscribe to the popularly-held belief that the reason why 
Voldemort was 
after the Potters had something to do with Trelawney's First 
Prediction 
(the substance of the Prediction remains pure speculation, of 
course). As 
some have recently voiced here, one thing I wonder about is why 
Dumbledore 
(and presumably Voldemort) considered the First Prediction to be 
accurate. 
This will probably be explained at the same time as we find out its 
substance (JKR has admitted that the First Prediction is of great 
importance to the story), although I suspect it's got something to do 
with 
the Centaurs (we know from JKR that Firenze will be re-appearing).


What exactly *was* Trelawney's first Prediction? I remember the 
prediction she makes at the end of the third book, but for some 
reason, cannot remember a mention of a another _real_ prediciton. 
Would anyone mind pointing out where in the text it's cited...or what 
exactly it is?

As for the Potter question...Well, it's a mystery wrapped up in an 
enigma, isn't it? At least, until the series is finished. I've just 
held the belief that there was something about the Potter bloodline, 
most likely that they are descendents of Gryffindor that sent 
Voldemort after them. It's the only reason for me that explains why 
Voldy killed off James, and was so adamant about killing Harry...yet 
was willing to spare Lily (or at least, not really caring in whether 
he took her life or not). Very vague, yes. Very original, yes...but 
entirely plausible.