Harry's grandparents.

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 125058


Sandra:

> I might have missed this somewhere along the line, but what 
happened to 
> both sets of Harry's grandparents? I would have thought they would 
have had 
> a pretty good claim on the orphaned child, and Dumbledore would 
have no 
> right or authority over them to say/choose who raises Harry, and 
where he 
> should be raised. I can't think where it was mentioned.

Finwitch:

I think I read somewhere(could be JKR's webpage or an interview) that 

1) They're dead
2) They're of no importance to the story.

Of course, nothing prevents a fanfic about Mr or Mrs Potter coming 
out - someone who's been out of touch - who only now finds Harry's 
whereabouts and indeed, just the fact he's still alive (say, he works 
in the DoM, with the Veil, and saw Harry there; Then, it won't be 
hard to find Harry's address... The workers are protected by 
Fidelius, so Harry couldn't KNOW anything...)

Finwitch