The graves of James and Lily

[gretchen.bakies]

No: HPFGUIDX 111416

> Juli wrote:
> > Still, if your parents died when you were young, wouldn't where
> > they were buried be something you'd long to know? Understandably, 
> > if Harry asked the Dursleys and they refused to tell him, he 
> > wouldn't have kept pursuing the issue. But once he entered the WW,
> > it's hard to believe he wouldn't have asked where they were buried
> > (or if their bodies survived the conflagration at Godric's Hollow).
> > But, as far as we know, Harry's never even thought about it in the 
> > past five years.

> Cory:
> Yes, if my parents had died, I would want to know where they were
> buried, but that's a separate issue.  <snip>  My point is
> that, given that he has not asked and nobody has told him, it doesn't
> seem so unbelievable to me that he would not have found them on his
> own.  Yes, if I were Harry, I would have probably asked a lot more
> questions about my parents by now than he has (including, possibly,
> where they are buried), but Harry is apparently a lot less curious
> about certain things than a lot of us are.


Now Gretchen  -
I don't find it totally unbelievable.  When I was in elementary school
several older relatives died, but at that time, my mother didn't feel it 
was good for a child that young to go to funerals.  So I had no idea where 
any of them were buried until I was into my 20's and interested in genealogy.
And these were people I knew and remembered.  Since no extended family is
ever mentioned in the books for either the Evans or Dursleys, it's possible
Harry hasn't been to a funeral either and just doesn't think about them or
cemeteries.  Add that to the "don't ask questions" mode in the family, his
lack of interest isn't out of line.

Gretchen  - okay, I'll go back to lurking now and try to catch up with the
hundreds of unread emails yet in my inbox!