questions about HP (Evans?)

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 82563

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phil Boswell" <phil_hp7 at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> Harry is a half-blood. Tom Riddle says so, IIIRC Dumbledore 
agrees, and I think Hagrid says something similar too. So it would 
appear to be fairly certain.
> 
> James Potter is *not* muggle-born. ISTR the Potter family being 
described as one of the old wizarding families.
> 
> Therefore Lily *must* be muggle-born, or else HP wouldn't be a 
half-blood.
> 
> Having said which, you've then got to wonder where Petunia Evans 
(as was) got to know quite so much about Azkaban and Dementors, etc. 
The Grangers don't seem to be so aware of the ins-and-outs of the 
wizarding world; I'm sure Hermione remarks on this at some point (?).

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That's why I've been theorizing that there are squibs/wizards 
somewhere in the Evans' background. Petunia's knowledge and the 
introduction of Mark Evans have bright flashing lights saying Big 
Hint. 

If the only info Harry has about his mother's background is from 
Hagrid or Tom Riddle, I don't think it is necessarily reliable or 
accurate.  Hagrid is known to exagerate, and Tom has his own agenda.

We know the Ministry doesn't keep track of squibs, so I can see a 
female squib a few generations back marrying and changing her name 
so she completely drops off the WW's radar screen.  As far as most 
wizards are concerned, Lily comes from a line of muggles, but I bet 
Dumbledore knows more about it.  

I just skimmed the end of CoS and couldn't find anything that 
Dumbledore said about Harry's parents to add his stamp of authority 
one way or another.  If anyone knows of another scene where he says 
something about Lily specifically, please point me in the right 
direction.

Ravenclaw Bookworm (that's my story and I'm sticking to it - at 
least until knocked down by further revelations <g>)