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

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 96772

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sue White <susanawhite123 at y...> 
wrote:
> 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. 

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Finwitch:

1. Well, for one thing some of my own relatives do vary a lot when it 
comes to being fat or skinny. Secondly, I'd say that both kids take 
after their father's. (how many times do we hear Harry looks exactly 
like James except for Lily's eyes - and, I might add, he acts more 
like Lily, too. Dudley acts like his father and his body's like him, 
too). Third, this is Harry's family, so differences come out instead 
of similarities that an outsider would pick up. And of Weasley's, we 
have Arthur, who collects plugs and seems to have no ambition; Molly 
who's a bit overprotective (well, you saw her boggart) with lots of 
love to give; Bill, who used to be the curse-breaker but now works 
for the Order (and looks cool - Dangerous business); Charlie, who 
worked with dragons in Romania (although I suppose he's coming to the 
order, too - and that's dangerous, too); Percy, who, it seems, was 
obsessive about rules and ended up breaking up with his family for 
his own ambition (oh, Percy, who went as far as to return the 
jumper... and even after Fudge is convinced about Voldemort's return, 
Percy doesn't believe!); Fred&George who now have Weasley's Wizard 
Wheezes, made themselves a legend etc. (their explosives ARE 
dangerous, too - but I suppose their dragon-skin jackets satisfied 
Molly a bit - they ARE taking safety precautions, after all... and 
she didn't have much to say to Bill & Charlie about their career 
choices, either, now that they are there); Ron who tries to exceed 
his older brothers; Ginny who's the only girl...

2. Well, compensation ... I wonder what it was that Dudley saw/heard 
when the Dementors attacked him? Got to be more than the big-tail & 
ton-tongue Toffee&Zoo-with-snake... something that happened when 
Dudley was small, something Harry can't remember.

Harry's been given Occlumency lessons in order to avoid those 'dream-
visions'... is he allowed to do that during Summer or does it 
contradict that Reasonable Restirction of Underage Magic(or what ever 
it is called)? Not that he learned any, not with Snape 'giving him 
lessons', but maybe he'll pick it up? Or does he think he's not 
allowed, what with all those magic-banning laws binding him there...

What if Harry looks Dudley or Petunia into eyes and accidentally uses 
Legilemens on either (Well, Dumbledore can do that without wand), and 
thus finds out what Petunia avoids saying with:"Don't ask questions".

-- Finwitch