Harry's Family (or lack thereof)

[garybec]

No: HPFGUIDX 113217

Angie 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.  

Potioncat:
I've been meaning to look for a quote that Lupin makes in connection 
with another thread.  Not sure which book it's in but he says 
something about "LV came to kill the last of the Potters..."

Which has always made me wonder if LV/TR had a grudge against the 
Potter family and if a large number had died at  his orders.

Becki Now;
Interesting question Potioncat about the Potter-Family-grudge.  I 
too have
wondered about that, and even more that they must have died shortly 
before
James and Lily.  Sirius says to Harry in OoP, (I can look it up if I 
must...)
that he left his family house around age 15 (I think, could be 
sixteen), 
and spent 
summers and holidays at the Potters who where very happy to take him 
in.
And by time he was 17, he got his own place, so that is only maybe 5 
or so years 
between when we know for sure that they were alive until the GH 
attack and 
us knowing that Harry didn't have any family left.  Unusual for both 
to die in
such a short time span, don't you think? 

Becki (who is very excited to see the open letter to Jo from Steve 
(Lexicon) 
and Emerson (Mugglenet) asking some wonderful questions about the 
book. If you haven't seen it yet, it is posted at Mugglenet)