Lily's Family

[lifeavantgarde]

No: HPFGUIDX 107834

---------------
Justine wrote:
<snip>This is, of course, further evidence that Petunia is a squib, 
but does it have any further impact on the story? Petunia's 
potential squibness (and her potential acquisition of magical powers 
later in life) have been discussed long before this... is there 
something we're missing?<snip>
--------------

--------------
Amey replied:
Wait a bit, this also solves one more mystery
 "Knew!" shrieked Aunt 
Petunia suddenly. "Knew! Of course we knew! How could you not be, my 
dratted sister being what she was? [snip] But for my mother and 
father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of 
having a witch in the family!"This solves the mystery how Lily could 
easily do magic at home in vacation, if her family was magic. But 
the second sentence contradicts it, or is this Petunia who is afraid 
that Vernon will find out she has magical blood (though a squib)??? 
--------------

--------------
HunterGreen:
Couldn't it have just been that Mr. and Mrs. Evans *knew* a family 
who happened to have a muggle-born wizard child and became very 
jealous? Obviously, not all muggles are going to have a horrible 
reaction to magic like Vernon and Petunia. <snip> 

Although I like the idea of the Evans family being actually wizard 
or related to wizards somewhere in their bloodline, OTOH it would 
seem like sort of a cheat. Somewhere along the lines of if we found 
out Hermione had a wizard hidden in her family. The fact that Lily 
is a muggle-born wizard (and thus Harry is a half-blood), has been 
made such a point in the series, that it would seem odd if it was 
suddenly negated. 
<snip>
---------------

Stefanie:
The only thing is this new information, if it is indeed true and not 
a typo, in the FAQ. It clearly says both:
"Therefore Harry would be considered only 'half' wizard, because of 
his MOTHER'S GRANDPARENTS."
and
"[I] was chilled to see that the Nazis used PRECISELY THE SAME 
warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish 
grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda."
(emphasis mine in both)

To me this is HUGE. Especially the bit where it blatantly says that 
Harry is only half, not because of Muggle grandparents, but because 
of his MOTHER'S grandparents! It's been pretty much speculation when 
someone has pinned Lily's parents as anything but Muggles. But this 
FAQ answer blatantly states that ***Harry is Half-Blood because of 
his great-grandparents.*** What on *earth* were his grandparents, 
then???