GH did not belong to Potters?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 144592

CH3ed:
> Well. First of all Godric's Hollow is a village (from JKR's site).
> I don't know if the house the Potters were hiding out in was 
> James' or not. We know James' parents died of natural causes
> before James did so he should have inherited his parents' house
> (the one Sirius went to camp out in the backyard after running
> away from 12 GP). The house was destroyed the same night LV
> attacked (probably from the rebounded AK but there is no canon to
> shed light on that yet) so there really wouldn't be a house left
> for Harry to inherit. 

Jen: I did some searching and found one interview where JKR referred 
to Godric's Hollow as the place where Harry's parents 'lived'. 
Course, that could mean 'living at the time of the murders'too:

Lizo: The significance of the place where Harry and his parents 
lived - the first name...
JKR: Godric Gryffindor. Very good, you're a bit good you are aren't 
you. I'm impressed.

Lizo: You're not going to tell me but ....
JKR: My editor didn't, I said to her - Haven't you noticed the 
connection between where Harry's parents lived and one of the 
Hogwarts houses? And she said no, no - I'm not being rude about 
Emma, she's a brilliant editor, the best ever. But no she didn't 
pick that up either, you're a bit good you are. (cbbc 2000)

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Jen: April pointed out in the thread 'why would the Potter's go into 
hiding in their own home'? So I read that section in POA and the 
statements are ambiguous: "{Dumbledore} alerted James and Lily at 
once. He advised them to go into hiding." And then this statement 
from Flitwick: "As long as the Secret Keeper refused to speak, You-
Know-Who could search the village where James and Lily were 
*staying* for years and years and never find them...." (chap. 10, 
204-205, Scholastic)

As Stevebboyminn said, it only matters if important to the future 
plot. I liked the idea of the house belonging to Dumbledore because 
of the possible heir connection, but if nothing else, it would be a 
convenient way for Harry to learn more about his parents *and* 
Dumbledore's family (as promised) when he visits Godric's Hollow in 
book 7. 

Jen