FAQs: Lily died before James?

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No: HPFGUIDX 103187

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> Gorda quoted JKR from FAQ section of her website: 
> 
> Q: "At the end of 'Goblet of Fire', in which order should Harry's 
> parents have come out of the wand?"
> 
> JKR:
> James first, then Lily. That's how it appears in my original 
> manuscript but we were under enormous pressure to edit it very 
> fast 
> and my American editor thought that was the wrong way around, and 
> he 
> is so good at catching small errors I changed it without thinking, 
> then realised it had been right in the first place. We were all 
> very 
> sleep-deprived at the time."
> 

Here's my take.  Others have no doubt done it better before me:

Working backwards from the graveyard: (Reading from the bottom up 
*should* be chronological)

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PP uses Voldemort's wand to kill Cedric (1) at the graveyard near 
the Riddle House.  

Frank Bryce (2) is killed when they (Voldemort and PP) arrive at the 
Riddle House at the beginning of GOF.

Voldemort kills Bertha (3) in the faraway forest and learns of the 
Tri-Wizard Tournament.

Voldemort attemps AK (4) on Harry but is turned to Vapor-Voldy and 
flees to the faraway forest.

Voldemort kills Lily (5) at GH in order to get to Harry.

Voldemort kills James (6) so he can get to Lily and Harry.

More murders that occur before GH that aren't seen (7).

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Summary of last murders by Voldemort's wand before it connects with 
Harry's in the reverse order:

1. Cedric
2. Frank Bryce
3. Bertha
4. failed attempt on Harry
5. Lily
6. James
7. other murders prior to GH

This should be the order that they come out of the wand.

Crap.  When I started this I thought it would come out the other 
way.  Add me to the confused list.  Either that or I need to give 
the "James was alive when Lily was killed" theory more time.

CRobo.