Petunia squib or not? WAS: Re: Random Questions from The Boy Who Liv

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 165006

> Whirledgirl speculated:

> What if Petunia was adopted?
> 
> Now, this doesn't mean that Harry's grandparents - his mother's 
> side - would be magic. Lily could still have been the only witch in 
> their family. 
> 
> DD says that Harry is protected as long as there is *somewhere* he 
> can call *home*. Doesn't matter if they mistreat him, essentially 
> show no love towards him, apparently. Why? Because of the 
stability. 
> Harry knows what to expect from the Dursleys (unfortunately). 
Voldie 
> as a child had only the stability he could create for himself, by 
> controlling others, seeking power, using his 'special'-ness. 

va32h:

What Dumbledore says is that as long as Harry can call home the place 
where his mother's blood dwells, Voldemort cannot harm him. Those are 
Dumbledore's specific words "where your mother's blood". Harry's 
protection is in his very blood - also Dumbledore's own words. This 
is why Quirrell could not touch him without burning his flesh. 


va32h