Lily's heritage (was: JKRs comments on Petunia)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 111957

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:
 
> OK, here are my further thoughts. I think that maybe Lily and 
Petunia 
> are only half-sisters. Lily's mum had an affair with a wizard, and 
> Lily was the result. Lily's mum did not tell anyone about this (or 
> maybe she didn't even realise herself!). The letter from Hogwarts 
> does not state your ancestry, so this would not raise any 
suspicions. 
> So in answer to the points you raised, Lily's grandparents could 
> still be Muggles. In this case, Lily would be a half-blood and not 
a 
> mud-blood (apologies for any offence caused!!).  
> 
> Brother Fry

Hickengruendler:
 
Before I start, please don't take this personally. This is not aimed 
directly at you, but at the many, many HP-Fans, who want to make Lily 
(or Hermione, for that matter) wizard-born. 

I just have one question: Why?

I have read so many theories, in which Lily's mother had an affair 
with Voldemort/ Arthur Weasley/ Dumbledore/ any wizard and in which 
Lily is half-blood. Or theories in which Lily's parents are either 
wizards or at least squibs, so that some magical blood runs through 
their veins. Or theories in which Lily is adopted and the daughter of 
a wizard and a witch (mostly either Voldemort's or Dumbledore's love 
child). And I really don't understand it. I mean, I guess it isn't 
totally impossible, but neither is, that the Giant Squid is yet 
another animagus. IMO, it wouldn't add anything to Lily or Hermione's 
character, to make them wizard-born. It would take away from their 
character. One of Lily and Hermione's functions in the books (of 
course not the only one) is to show, that the pureblood families are 
wrong, and that muggle-born can be as magically talented and any 
pureblood or can even have more talent.  

Also, it's not by accident, that the trio contains one pureblood 
character, one half-blood character and one muggle-born character. In 
making Lily a half-blood, Harry would hardly count as a half-blood 
anymore, since both parents and 3/4 of the grandparents were magical. 
That means, making Lily anything else but a muggle-born, would take 
something away from the trio's dynamics as well.

Hickengruendler