Dobby house elf for Potters? (Was Re: Why were Harry's parents so rich?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 117291


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ab35ppw" <foad at b...> wrote:

> I have often wondered if Dobby was the Potter's house elf and if 
> that was why he was able to help Harry and knew where to find 
Harry 
> even though Privet drive has protections around it. 

Inkling now:

This is an intriguing idea.  It would also explain Dobby's intense 
love and devotion to Harry even before he met him.

However --

Why wouldn't Dobby, who is after all now free of the Malfoys and all 
their constraints, simply tell Harry that he knew his family?

How does an elf pass from one family to another, especially such 
very different and unrelated --well, who knows who's related to who, 
I'm sure we'll learn a great deal more on that score -- so let's say 
antagonistic families as the Potters and the Malfoys?  Maybe you can 
use an elf to pay a gambling debt or some such thing. If there is a 
back story here, I bet it's a good one.

Inkling