Tomboy Lily/Dursleys

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 59445

 

 Sabrina wrote:

> And as far as we know Petunia is the only sister 
> Lily had. What if Petunia is Harry's godmother and she just never 
told him?
> Okay, now you say that Petunia hates Lily and has always hated her 
and 
> hadn't seen her for ages at the beginning of PS/SS, BUT: Couldn't 
it be that 
> her parents or perhaps a grandmother or somebody similar (who is 
dead by 
> now) could have badgered her into being the godmother? After the 
christening 
> she would still have severed all ties with Lily and her family 
until Harry 
> turned up at her doorstep.
> Which would then give a bit of a new spin as to why the Dursleys 
didn't give 
> Harry to an orphanage.


  Linda adds:

      This actually has cannon support. In the first chapter of SS/PS 
we are told that Petunia and Vernon know of Lily and James' son, so 
there has to have been some contact within the two years before Harry 
was left on their doorstep. For arguments sake I am including the 
extra year in case Petunia was just aware of the pregnancy, although 
she did know that the child was a boy and even what he was named. 
Somehow I doubt that Lily and James would have had an ultrasound done 
and called Petunia with the news they were having a boy so...

      This is making more and more sense to me as I type. Maybe the 
sisters weren't as estranged as we were led to believe. Hmmmmm...


    -Linda