Harry's summer in the 6th book

[Phil Boswell]

No: HPFGUIDX 102547

"Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
> "boyd_smythe" <boyd.t.smythe at f...> wrote:
[snip] 
> ... The Grangers sound more like Dean's parents, knowing 
> only what Hermione tells them. 

However, check out JKR's site:

http://www.jkrowling.co.uk/textonly/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=2

This is the extra background on Dean which never made it to the books.
He's not muggle-born, he's half-and-half but never knew it. Apparently
his mother knew something was up but never got the full story: Dean
was scheduled to find out but his story was cut.
-- 
Phil
hoping that inclusion on JKR's site makes it near-enough-canon