Only Living Relative... REVISITED

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 83827

> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> 
wrote:
> 
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> bboy_mn:
> 
> I knew I read 'only living relative' somewhere, but for the life of
> me, I couldn't find it... until last night that is.
>Although, the reference I found doesn't quite say 'only LIVING 
relative'.
> OotP, Am Ed, HB, Page 836, Chapter "The Lost Prophecy"-
> 
> Dumbledore speaks...
> "...She gave you a lingering protection he never expexted, a
> protextion that flows in our veins tothis day. I put my trust,
> therefore, in your mother's blood. I delivered you to her sister, 
her ONLY REMAINING RELATIVE."
> 
> Obviously the added empahsis is mine.
> 
> So, in light of Petunia being Lily's and therefore Harry's, only
> remaining relative, how do we resolve the Mark Evans issue?
> 
> I'm not sure, but as I tried to point out in my original post, it 
is possible for two people to share a common distant branch of the 
family tree without being considered related. Once the relationship 
reaches a certain geneological distance, it becomes insignificant. 
> 
> Just thought I would pass that along.
> 
> bboy_mn

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My thought is that the type of protection Harry has is somehow 
matriarchal in nature so a male relative isn't needed. The Dursleys 
don't seem to have any connections with Petunia's family - just 
Vernon's, so there could be a Mark Evans out there.    Or there may 
even be a Potter(!) out there that hasn't had contact with Harry 
yet. I would love to see Harry have some distant relatives that he 
finally gets to meet!

Dudemom_2000

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