Muggle-borns getting to Hogwarts, Muggles in Diagon Alley and the Grangers

[grace701]

No: HPFGUIDX 54333

Anne wrote:
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> I'm also wondering how Hermione's parents got 
> into Diagon Alley with her to go to Gringotts and to buy books at 
> Flourish and Blotts, and how Hermione's parents might have felt, 
> standing there in F&B in the midst of all these wizards (especially 
> with Lucius "Mr. Pureblood" Malfoy and Arthur "Mugglelover" Weasley 
> tussling right under their noses). 
> 
> We know a lot about Harry's childhood and his "de facto parents," 
> the Dursleys, and how Harry grew up, and a reasonable amount about 
> Molly and Arthur Weasley - at least enough to have an idea of how 
> Ron grew up, but we still know next to nothing about how Hermione 
> got to be Hermione and what her family thinks about all this 
> Wizarding stuff. I truly hope that JKR will tell us much more about 
> Hermione's family in OoP. To me that's a gap that really needs to 
> be filled.
> 
> Anne U
> (Hermione fan obsessing about weird details yet again)


What a coincidence?  I was just asking my mom how is it that 
Hermione's parents can enter The Leaky Cauldron and then enter Diagon 
Alley.  Do they see The Leaky Cauldron and do they have access to it 
and Diagon Alley because Hermione is the witch in their family?  I 
have been *dying* to find out more about her parents.  I must have 
said it a few times already here.  It doesn't make any sense for us 
to know about Harry's parents (we have to, actually, but you know 
what I mean) and Ron's and nothing of Hermione's.  We know more about 
Neville's parents and he isn't even a main character.  I am assuming 
that JKR will give us some insight on them, hopefully OoP.  
Especially, since this year Dumbledore sent out a letter stating that 
Voldemort is back.  Will the Grangers let Hermione go to school?  
Will they have Hermione invite Harry to actually meet the boy who 
lived/escaped from Voldemort's wrath and could possibly put their 
daughter in danger?  Plus, Ron visiting a muggle home would be a 
wonderful scene.  

In, Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter, they 
state that any statement or actions interrupted means JKR is hiding a 
clue.  Could it be considered an interruption when Mr. Weasley's 
swooshes the Grangers away to speak with them about Muggle life?  Is 
there a reason why Harry didn't get the opportunity to know them?  I 
hope it's nothing bad!

Greicy, also a Hermione obsessed fan, but doesn't think these details 
are weird at all, but just thinks we have the right to know