Why the Potters?

[jhlupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 57965

Sniping-

> It could be an "heir" issue. If we want to believe that what 
> Voldemort told Harry is true. That Lily didn't have to die. Then the 
> lineage must go back through James' bloodline. So why not remove 
> James before Harry's birth? I can only think of two reasons:  James' 
> lineage wasn't known (or widely known). Or, Voldemort didn't realize 
> that any lineage was a concern of his (that is, until Trelawney's 
> prediction).  And this information must only have come to 
> Voldemort's attention after Lily was already pregnant (Heck, maybe 
> it was even Peter who spilled the beans?). 
> 
> Also, if the lineage went through Lily's bloodlines, than Voldie 
> would have also been after Petunia and Dudley, and we've seen no 
> canon evidence of that so far. 
> 
> So, no, Lily did not have to die. But Harry was a threat and James 
> was a threat and both needed to be removed. 
> 

I am unaware of canon-proof that James was a target of Voldemort.  We
know Voldemort states Lily didn't have to die, but that doesn't mean
James had to die himself.  He likely died defending Harry.  Harry is
the threat to LV not because of the bloodlines of *either* of his
parents, but because of the bloodline of *each* of his parents. I
believe Harry is the *heir* of both Gryfindor and Slytherin - G from
dad and S from his mother.  I believe Lily was not muggle born but was
raised as a muggle born as her parents were themselves in hiding. 
Petunia, a squib, therefore has a great hatred of the magical world
and resentment toward her sister.  We know nothing else of Lily and
Petunia's family.  Harry's gift of Parseltongue came not from the AK
curse, but from his mother.

My questions are therefore:

1)    Are there heirs of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw alive in this time
frame?

2)    Will the return of the heirs of each of the four founders signal
the oft hinted *end of Hogwarts....*

JH