[HPforGrownups] Who is Harry's guardian? WAS: Re: Identifying with Muggles -

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 158365

> Alla:
> The question I have and sorry for the repetition a_svirn ( I cannot 
> check my e-mail from work, but I can read the list :)) is whether 
> Godfather automatically equals guardian in RL. I mean I know in many 
> fanfics it does, but is it in RL?



Sherry now:

In the real world, it doesn't necessarily mean a god parent will be a
guardian, yet it is often so.  The thing is, however, Sirius himself tells
Harry, as they are going through the tunnel from the shrieking shack in POA,
Your parents made me your guardian ... Guardian is a legal relationship and
god parent is a spiritual one, sort of.  My parents made an aunt and uncle
my god parents and my guardian, though they never needed to fulfill that
obligation.  So, if the Potters made Sirius Harry's guardian, Dumbledore was
possibly in violation of a real world law by taking Harry to the Dursleys.
Yet, by the mere fact of the Potters' deaths and his belief that Sirius was
the secret keeper, I guess he would never have allowed Harry to go to
Sirius.  Sigh. 

Sherry