Lily's Family - Mistakes

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 107869

> Asian_lovr2:
> 
> I am convinced that it is a typo or miscommunication on JKR's part.
> Every book says directly or indirectly that Lily is a muggle-born
> witch. The statement has been made by Dumbledore, Harry, Voldemort,
> the narrator, and others. I don't think JKR would give that 
impression
> through 7 books only to go 'GOT YOU!' at the end. 
<snip> 
> My point is that despite the source, we need to be careful about 
what
> we take at JKR's website as gospel. Given that she has her mind of 
a
> million other things, if we see something that appears to be a
> mistake, then it probably is.


Jen: The example JKR uses to point out why Harry is a half-blood 
contradicts her thoughts on Lily's "grandparents." Her example is 
that a person with a Jewish grandparent was considerd to 
have 'polluted' blood by the Nazis. By extension, she's saying Harry 
is considered by the DE's to have 'polluted' blood because his 
grandparents were Muggles, i.e. Lily's parents. I think it's a 
mistake, but then I'm getting a little cynical about her website