House Elfs - why DID Dobby help Harry?

[laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 81974

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "samnanya" <yswahl at s...> wrote:
> president0084
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> Dobby left the Malfoy house to protect Harry Potter. JK has said 
> nothing about Harry's family. But he must be from a pureblood 
family 
> because Malfoy tried the make friends (on the train).<snip>
> The hat wanted to put Harry in Slytherin (the Malfoys always go 
into 
> Slytherin). So I think Malfoy and Potters are related.
> 
> samnanya
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> I dont think that proves anything about Harry being a pureblood - 
> especially since his mother was a mudblood, and the whole magic 
> protection charm would be null and void if Lily was not Harry's 
> mother.
> I think that Malfoy acted under the principle of "keep your friends 
> close and your enemies closer".
> That said, I never did understand why Dobby got involved with Harry 
in 
> the first place. Winky defended Barty Crouch even though he was 
> despicable just because he was her master. Why would Dobby "desert" 
> the Malfoy family? 
> My apologies if I am missing something obvious.....


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now me (laura)

We know that Kreacher left 12 Grimmauld Place to join the branch of 
the family more in keeping with his ideology. My theory is that the 
Malfoys and the Potters are somehow related - canon tells us that all 
the Pureblood families are interrelated via marriage.  I get the 
impression that the Potter's were a Pureblood family sometime in the 
recent past, thus would be related in some manner to the Malfoys.  
Therefore, Dobby could seek out Harry, as he would be a branch of the 
family more suited to his ideology.
sorry if i've brought something screamingly obvious up...

laura