James' Invisibility Cloak (was Alastor, and James' money, and godmother/marriage

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 110721

Catlady wrote:
> > 
> > Q: "Where did James get his Invisibility Cloak?"
> > JKR: "That was inherited from his own father -- a family 
heirloom!"
> 
> Romulus Lupin: 
> 
> Ok, things might be different in the Potterverse, but I thought 
you 
> could only inherit from someone who was dead, right? 
snip> 
 DD tells Harry (don't remember where) that his 
> father used the IC to nick food from the kitchen and Lupin in POA 
> tells Harry WPP used it to reach the Whomping Willow undetected 
> (paraphrased) so he did have it at school. I don't get it...
> 
> 

Potioncat:
I think JKR used the word inherit as in "passed down."  Sometimes 
parents pass down family heirlooms to their children while the 
children can use them, or after the parent doesn't really have a 
need for the heirloom.

Perhaps the Potters are a long line of rule breakers and it is 
family tradition to give the son the IC while at school.