Heir of Gyffindor (Re: Pettigrew was Potter's Secretkeeper)

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 161171

> > Eddie:
> > is it possible that Harry is the _LAST_ heir of Gryffindor,
> > as Voldemort is the last heir of Slytherin?
> 
> 
> Jen: JKR nixed Harry as Heir of Gryffindor this Summer in the TLC/MN 
> interview. JKR was asked about Harry's extended family and talked 
> about his grandparents and such.  Then here's what transpired:
> 
> MA:  That sort of shuts down Heir of Gryffindor [theories], as well.
> 
> JKR: [Pause] Yeah. Well-yeah.
> 
> So the door may be shut on Harry but I definitely think she leaves the 
> door open for Dumbledore.

Eddie:
Yep, I'm familiar with this quote.  But if you read the whole of
"MA's" question, the context was whether Harry's grandparents had been
targeted by Voldemort because of _THEIR_ lineage from Gryffindor.  The
answer was that they had not been killed by Voldemort.  So, I'm not
persuaded that this quote answers my question.

HOWEVER, I realize I'm probably wrong for other reasons:

1) As you point out, it looks like Dumbledore was an Gryffindor heir
and thus his brother Aberforth, who is still living, would also be an
heir (assuming they are full brothers... if they are half-brothers
then we still can't be sure... but there's no canon either way I think)

2) If Harry was a Gryffindor heir, then possibly his mother Lily was,
which means Aunt Petunia would be, which means Dudley (!) would be a
Gryffindor heir.

So, this is a long post to say, "Yep."

Eddie