Bloodlines (Re: Lily's Family)

[spinelli372003]

No: HPFGUIDX 108244

> HunterGreen:
> I'm thinking it's 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). 


In response to the thread about Lily's family being excited about 
having a witch in the family:
 
It could be that they are not witches or wizards themselves but that 
they have "heard" for years about Great Aunt Whatzit that was able to 
tell the future or read palms or whatever her specialty was, and they 
are excited that Lily has the gift, whatever it is.  Bloodlines can 
skip generations.  It is like a blonde woman who marries a black man 
and has three children with beautiful cream-colored skin.  
Generations go by and no dark skin appears.  A hundred years later, 
the blondest descendent of this couple marries a blonde man and has 
the darkest-skinned child that God has ever created.  It is in the 
bloodlines, and while it may have skipped a few generations, there it 
is.  Everyone knows it is in the family, but no one knows when it may 
appear.  While some family members may be excited, others are not.  

Sherry