[HPforGrownups] Who does DD have in hiding?

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 135017

Meltowne wondered about who Dumbledore could have hidden:

Lily's parents?  Or perhaps one of her parents, who then married a 
muggle?  We know they are now dead (or did they go into hiding a 
second time?).  Something fishy happened with that family - why were 
her parents so excited to have a witch in the family?  Had her father 
been in Azkaban at some point?  Is that why Petunia knew about the 
dementors?  Did they feign his death, and then request to bury him 
away from the prison - then hide him in the muggle world?  If that is 
what happened, it would explain Petunia's fear of the wizarding 
world - if somebody found out, and there was some reason her whole 
family was targeted, she would again be in danger.

If Mr Evans was in hiding, who was he?  I know it's a big stretch, 
but Evans spelled backwards is Snave - really close to SNAPE.  I 
know, Snape's father was a Muggle, but it's a strange coincidence.



Sherry now:

In her recent TLC and Muggle Net interview, JKR said there is no back story
to Harry's grandparents on either side.  She said she wanted Harry to be
alone, to have no family, so they had to be dead before the start of the
series.  I can't remember the whole thing, but I believe she said James'
parents were older, and Lily's parents died, but I forget how.  The main
point was that they aren't anything important to the story.

Sherry