Harry's Protection (was Re: Questions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 118936


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <azriona at j...> wrote:
> 
> > Snow:
> > (4)Why does it appear that Harry is protected from everyone while 
> > living with the Dursley's except Dudley? Why can Dudley use Harry 
> as 
> > a punching bag but Vernon received a shock when he touches Harry? 
> > Voldemort, in the graveyard, claims that he is so protected at 
the 
> > Dursley's that not even he can touch him there, but Dudley can.
> > 
> 
> My first instinct would be that Dudley is a blood relative of 
Harry, 
> while Vernon technically is not.  (Vernon, who married Petunia, has 
> no blood ties to Harry at all.  He's only a relative by marriage.)
> 
> My second instinct is to ask when Vernon touched Harry and received 
a 
> shock, because I don't remember that happening?  I would assume 
that 
> touch would have been in anger, as well - otherwise every time 
anyone 
> brushed up against Harry they'd have received some sort of shock, 
and 
> that includes Hermione or Ron, which certainly would have been 
> mentioned in the books.  Perhaps the terms of the spell only work 
if 
> someone is touching Harry in anger?
> 
> --azriona

Snow:

The blood relative synopsis works for me because Voldemort after 
becoming somewhat related by his rebirth from Harry's blood, could 
now touch him. If this is true then the Dursley's are no longer a 
protection at all!