Why wasnt Harry sent to either a lightsided wizarding family or a muggle fam

[Clark Kent]

No: HPFGUIDX 150173

Amiable Dorsai:

> Aside from the fact that Dumbledore isn't King of the Wizards, and
> can't just decide to kidnap Harry and place him anywhere he wants?
> (Petunia, after all, is Harry closest living relative,  On paper, at
> least, she's the logical one to give Harry shelter.)


But he did!  If something happened to my parents while I was a baby, I
would've gone to my Godparents, no matter their relation since that's what
my parents' will specified.  I don't doubt that whatever will James and Lily
had drawn up, they would've specified that Sirius would be in charge of
Harry and not a sister that hated her for what she was.  Think of what
would've happened if Sirius had raised Harry instead of rushing off to find
Peter?  Harry wouldn't have been abused AND he would've ended up with a
somewhat normal family life.

The Longbottoms, good choice!  They're Aurors.  No Death Eaters are
> going to mess with them!


Frank and Alice weren't the only Longbottoms alive, and Neville was
apparently untouched even while his parents were tortured...   Hell, send
him to live with Neville's Great Uncle Algie, he'd be a lot more prepared
and SAFER than he ever was at the Dursleys.

Of course, I'm sure it would have been nicer for Harry at the
> Weasleys' home, after all, one of his parents' old friends, Wormtail,
> was soon to be living with the Weasleys too. Surely Peter would never
> sell out the son of the Potters.


Once Voldemort was defeated, Peter had plenty of opportunities to attack
Harry while he was sleeping at the Weasleys'.

Hey, I've got it, why not send him to live with the Crouches?  Old
> Barty Crouch is a ruthless foe of the Death Eaters, he'll have no
> trouble protecting Harry!


Once Barty Jr was locked up, Barty Sr's wife was distraught over losing her
only child, leading to Jr's release.  Suppose she was able to adopt a child
and put all her attention onto him, she would have something to do with her
life besides mope about her insane son.

As for Sirius, well, the Potters were Dumbledore's comrades-in-arms.
> Dark lords, blood wards, and Prophecies aside, it's possible that
> Dumbledore might have felt he owed it to them to keep their son out
> of the hands of their betrayer, a man who had, so far as anyone knew,
> conspired to kill him.


He had no proof that Sirius was the betrayer, besides believing that Sirius
was the secret keeper.  Legilmency, Veritaserum, Muggle Truth Serums, etc
etc could have all proved that Sirius wasn't the true secret keeper.

Bit of a problem there--the Ministry apparently never recovered
> Voldy's wand--at least, he had it later on in Little Hangleton.  So
> someone must have taken it. Voldemort himself being a little shy on
> hands at that point, it must have been some else.  Likely that person
> would have noticed a squalling baby.  Likely that person was a Death
> Eater.


Then why didn't they notice Harry in the first place?  Just like I said in
my response to bboyminn, If a Death Eater saw his master killed by a baby,
you would assume he is destined for great power, so why not raise him as
your own and have him bring more power to your family line?

Who were we keeping Harry's survival a secret from?


Everybody but the four people who KNEW that Harry survived.

Am I the only one that ever wondered why the entire wizarding world knew
what Harry looked like when he went into hiding right after he was born, and
knew about a scar that nobody has ever had before?

Clark Kent