Harry's Family (or lack thereof)

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 113244

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..."

Marita added:
> The quote I think you're referring to is actually in PoA, pg. 371.  
> It's Sirius talking to PP about his motivation for staying Scabbers 
> with Ron.....
> 
> "...ready to strike at the moment he could be sure of allies...and
> to deliver the last Potter to them." 

Now Eustace_Scrubb:
That quote's really interesting.  The way Sirius phrases it, it
suggests that as far as he knew, betraying Harry to Voldemort would
have resulted in completion of some sort of grudge killing, _not_
elimination of a threat mentioned in a prophecy.

I'm always wondering who knew what about the Prophecy before Godric's
Hollow.  How much did Dumbledore tell the Order about _why_ the
Potters were at risk?  And how much did Voldemort tell the Death
Eaters?  The answer could affect loads of the theories that have been
discussed here--about who else may have been at Godric's Hollow, about
why and when the Longbottoms were attacked and probably others.

Here Sirius seems to think Voldemort had marked James and Lily down
for death because of who they were, not because of who their son might
become.  And to get back to the initial question in this thread, were
Harry's grandparents also victims of the Death Eaters?  Does Voldemort
have a longstanding vendetta against Potters that pre-dates the
Prophecy?

I know JKR has said they are not important to the plot, but it does
seem that at least the Potter grandparents were both alive 4 or 5
years prior to James' and Lily's deaths, so it seems at least possible
that they also fell victim to Voldemort--perhaps this connects in some
way to one of the three times James (and Lily) defied Voldemort.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb
"Not useless," said the Owl.  "EUSTACE!"