[HPforGrownups] Petunia is not Harry's only blood relative ... Duddles adopted?

[Sue White]

No: HPFGUIDX 96768

Janet Anderson <norek_archives2 at hotmail.com> wrote: But what about Dudley? He is Harry's cousin by blood -- Lily's nephew. That  still counts as a blood relation on his mother's side. Even if Petunia were murdered, Harry would still have a home at Privet Drive if *Dudley* lived there and allowed him to stay.

...When I first encountered the notion that Petunia was Harry's only relative it struck me that it's altogether a possibly that Dudley was adopted (atleast by Petunia):
 
1. He looks nothing like Petunia; he are Harry are physical and emotional opposites Rowling always makes a concerted effort to show the physical similarities between family memebers. Why wouldn't this be the case if Petunia and Duddles were mother and son?
 
2. He is doted on in a way that seems quite over the top, as if compensating for something. I just find it curious why the two boys are treated so differently... since they were both babies when they entered the family. 
 
Sue
 

 

		
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