Lily's Family

[lifeavantgarde]

No: HPFGUIDX 107842

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" 
<patientx3 at a...> wrote:
> 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??? <<
> 
> HunterGreen:
> I'm thinking its just a typo. Why would their family be so *proud* 
to 
> have a witch in the family if one or both of Lily/Petunia's 
parents 
> was a witch or wizard already? Wouldn't they *expect* to have 
magical 
> children? Lily has been stated as being muggle-born many times 
(even 
> once to her face in the pensieve flashback and she doesn't refute 
> it). Reading the text in the question (the way its worded), it 
really 
> sounds like a typo to me. I'm going with Steve, I'll only believe 
it 
> after its been up there a month.

Stefanie:
Speculation entirely, but Lily and Petunia's parents' pride *could* 
stem from one of their parents being a Muggle. Knowing that they 
have a branch of non-magical line, and if Petunia were born first as 
a squib, I'm sure it would seem to little Petunia that they were 
overly proud of Lily's abilities.
Then there's always the "Evans family in the 'Wizards Protection 
Program'" theory.

I don't know...the bit about the "one grandparent" in regards to 
Nazi propaganda being like DE mentality -- maybe only one of Harry's 
grandparents were Muggle? Of course she could've just been using an 
example in quoting this, but in conjunction with the possible 
typo...it certainly makes one think a bit.