Harry's Family (or lack thereof)

[Tekay Jaye]

No: HPFGUIDX 113111


Angie <gelite67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
Are we to assume that Harry's maternal and paternal grandparents are 
dead and that he has no other aunts/uncles/cousins?  I can see 
Petunia being estranged from her parents, but I can't see James or 
Lily's parents not attempting to take care of Harry if they were 
alive.  I know Dumbledore says somethin in OOP about the fact that 
there were wizard families who would have taken him in.  I assume 
from all of that we are to assume Harry has NO other family alive.


tekay now:

We don't have to assume that Harry has no family, except for Petunia. Dumbledore tells McGonagall, "I've come to bring Harry to his aunt and uncle. They're the only family he has left now" (SS 13, US HB). Harry has no other relatives except the Dursleys. While it is rare for a child of the late 20th century to have *no* living grandparents, it can and does happen. James was apparently an only child, and Lily and Petunia apparently have no other siblings as well. There are no other relatives.

My two cents, of course. YMMV

Happy day,

tekay