[HPforGrownups] Re: Dursley's being Harry's only Living Relatives

[Barb P]

No: HPFGUIDX 44621


Steve wrote: 
 --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Barb P <psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:
> 
> freya122000 wrote: 
>  IMHO, and if I am wrong please correct be post haste, but I see no
proof that the Dursley's are Harry's only living relatives. 
Dumbledore stated in PS/SS that they were simply the best place for
Harry at this time, he never says "only living relatives", that is 
> only in the movie.   

BARB:
>  
> I'm afraid that you are mistaken.  On page 15 of Philosopher's
Stone, Dumbledore says, "I've come to bring Harry to his aunt and
uncle.  They're the only family he has left now."
>  
> I hope that helps.
>  
> --Barb
>  

bboy_mn:
I have to agree with Barb, but at the same time I have to fudge a bit. 

Harry could have some distant cousin in Sardinia or Timbuktu or where ever.  
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I fail to see how "the only family he has left" is open to interpretation.  When it comes to LOONiness, those words are extraordinarily clear.  This statement leaves absolutely no leeway; there is no way that Harry has relatives anywhere else, given Dumbledore's statement, assuming that he is a) telling the truth; and b) fully informed of Harry's family situation.  There can only be relatives in Sardinia or Australia or whatever if Dumbledore does not know about them.  He is having a private conversation with McGonagall and has no reason to lie.  We can speculate about his not KNOWING about other relatives all we like, but the fact remains that in the book, he says uncategorically that that is not the case.  If he knew of relatives in other countries, I believe that he would, in fact, find that preferable to placing him in England, where Harry is in fact occasionally recognized by members of the wizarding community as he grows up.  Dumbledore had no other option because it is made very clear by JKR that there are no other options.  Sometimes she's cagy, but not here.  She's stated it very plainly and I am mystified by further attempts to read other meanings into Dumbledore's clear, succinct words.
 
--Barb
 
 


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