Lily related to the Weasleys

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 56320

    OK. Maybe I'm a little crazy here but hear me out and let me 
know what you think. 

    Color seems to be a major componant of the books in several 
different ways (ie Harry's bright green eyes etc.). Is it just 
coincidence that Lily, like the entire Weasley family, has red hair? 
Ron states that he thinks his mother has "a second cousin that's an 
accountant or something" on the Hogwarts express in SS. Could it be 
that there were more squibs in her family, maybe one of Lily and 
Petunia's grandparents perhaps? A magical family history would also 
explain why Petunia said that her parents were "so proud to have a 
witch in the family". Maybe, to them it was not an unexpected 
occurance but something that they had hoped for.
 
    Now for some phychoanalysis of Petunia. Maybe her hostility 
toward the WW in general as well as her sisters memory and Harry in 
particular are because she felt she was second best to Lily in the 
matter of living up to her parents/grandparents hopes and 
expectations. By extension, she feels that Harry is representative 
of everything she can't, and subconciously wants, to be.

     Once again I'm throwing out the workings of my tortured mind 
for review.

     Linda