Why Didn't Harry Ask About His Parents' Graves? (was: Re: Godric's Hollow)

[Peg DiGrazia]

No: HPFGUIDX 149907

Dany wrote:
  <<I just don't get WHY Harry never asked about their parents graves, Why he never wanted to go there or at least to know where they are (I mean specifically where they are, we all know they are in Godric's) even when he didn't know he was a wizard and he was convinced their parents had died in a car accident... What would Petunia have said in this case? Why he never asked Sirius about this? He was his father best mate, he would have had a reasonable answer.>>
   
  Peg now:
  I think this is a good question, Dany.  I can see that the Dursleys might have had an attitude of "Don't ask us about your parents," but Harry's never shown much interest in *any* of the more concrete details about his parents, has he?  He's never asked what their jobs were, how old they were when they got married, what happened to his paternal grandparents...  It's always been simply, "You knew my father in school?  What was he like?"  Maybe children growing up without parents wonder more about nebulous things such as their personalities than about the cold, hard facts.  
   
  Regarding the graves in particular, I wouldn't be surprised if Petunia told Harry that his parents had been cremated or some such to avoid having to deal with the issue.
   
  Peg