The significance of Harry having Lily's eyes

[hermionegallo]

No: HPFGUIDX 138791

> > hg:
> > I agree and I'll add (and get laughed off the board for it) that 
I 
> > think Slughorn is Lily's grandfather.  His eyes are green.  
> 
> Afraid not, at least according to Part 3 of the JKR interview at
> Muggle.net (http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview3.shtml), which has
> the following exchange:
> 
> *****
> MA: What about Harry's family — his grandparents — were they killed?
> 
> JKR: No. This takes us into more mundane territory. As a writer, it
> was more interesting, plot-wise, if Harry was completely alone. So I
> rather ruthlessly disposed of his entire family apart from Aunt
> Petunia. I mean, James and Lily are massively important to the plot,
> of course, but the grandparents? No. And, because I do like my
> backstory: Petunia and Lily's parents, normal Muggle death. James's
> parents were elderly, were getting on a little when he was born, 
which
> explains the only child, very pampered,
> had-him-late-in-life-so-he's-an-extra-treasure, as often happens, I
> think. They were old in wizarding terms, and they died. They 
succumbed
> to a wizarding illness. That's as far as it goes. There's nothing
> serious or sinister about those deaths. I just needed them out of 
the
> way so I killed them.
> *****
> 
> I don't think JKR could have been much clearer about this.
> 
> Ersatz Harry

hg:
Thanks for posting one of her quotes, but I've researched quite 
carefully, including the interviews, and I've taken them into 
account.  Incidentally, that particular quote is in reference to 
Harry's grandparents, not Lily's, and is about him being alone.  
Slughorn being Harry's grandfather doesn't conflict with any of 
that.  As far as I've seen, there's nothing that rules it out as a 
possibility.

hg.