The Mauraders' Generation -- no parents

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 123609


"Lisa (Jennings) Mamula" wrote:
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> I know that the HP stories center around the Trio and their peers,
but what about the generation above them?  Where are the parents of
these characters?  
> 
> Molly & Arthur -- Do the Weasley kids not have any grandparents?
> 
> Sirius -- We know they are dead, but how?  Sirius is young; it seems
his parents would be too young to die of natural causes.
> 
> Tonks -- So, her mum Andromeda was Sirius' favorite cousin... Where
is she now (and where is her husband, Ted)??
> 
> Remus -- Any clue there?  
> 
> James -- He was so very young when he died; what happened to his
parents?  
> 
> Lily & Petunia -- Another mystery.  
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Carol responds:
While we're at it, why not add Snape to the list? (I know, I know! His
dad was a DE killed by the aurors and his mother's in St. Mungo's in
the closed ward, having been partially turned into a dog by her evil
husband. Well, that's my half-baked theory, anyway.)

And we do know of one Marauder (other than Sirius, whose parents seem
strangely old) with a living parent at the time of Godric's Hollow:
Peter's mother received his finger and his Order of Merlin first
class. (I hope for her sake she didn't live to learn the truth.)

The Weasleys aren't really the same generation as MWPP. They seem to
be older than Hagrid and Tom Riddle, so they would actually represent
the generation you're talking about (as would the apparently childless
Mad-eye Moody). (See my earlier comments on Ogg the gamekeeper and
Apollyon Pringle the caretaker who preceded Filch, both of whom were
on the Hogwarts staff in Arthur and Molly's schooldays.)

I think that James Potter's parents were killed by Voldemort or the
DEs. That may be one of the occasions when he and Lily defied
Voldemort. It would certainly be a motivation for them to join the
Order if they had not already done so. At any rate, they were alive
when Sirius stayed at James's house when he left home at sixteen; they
were dead (along with Lily's parents) by the time Harry was fifteen
months old. Too much of a coincidence for both to die in such a short
time unless they were killed by DEs or other Voldemort agents. (Lily's
parents are Muggles. Hard to say why Voldemort would have gone after
them, but they're dead, too, so maybe he did.)

Remus's parents? Maybe his father is the werewolf who bit him? Note
the name Lupin, suggesting "wolf." (No theory about his mother, but if
she's alive he would at least have had a place to live when he was
unemployed before 12 GP became available.)

My sense is that Tonks' parents are still alive. I think she or Sirius
would have mentioned it if they were dead.

But you're right. We do seem to be missing almost a whole generation.

Carol, who wonders what happened to all the women (other than Lily,
the Black sisters, and Bertha Jorkins) of MWPP's own generation