Petunia's Eyes

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 169859

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>"karen" wrote:

> Ok so let me make a leap and say that Lily and Petunia are not 
> related by blood (as others have suggested to me). 
> snip
> I have gotten responces from others saying that then there would be
> no blood protection at no. 4 then if Petunia and Lily were not blood
> related. 


"K":

Personally I believe the following quote from JKR answers both of the
above.

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Ani Morison for Sunday Star Times New Zealand - My question is why
does Harry keep going back to the Dursleys, when he is closer to the
Weasleys than he is to them?

JK Rowling: That has been explained in the books to an extent, it has
been explained in the books but possibly you haven't yet finished this
book when it is made very clear. Harry receives magical protection
from his mother's sacrifice as long as he remains close to her blood.
In other words, Aunt Petunia. That protection won't continue to hold
once he is a man, once he turns 17 - he is no longer given that
protective aura by his mother, so Dumbledore wants him to go back one
more time to ensure the protection continues to his 17th birthday and
after that he really is on his own.
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm

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>"karen":

> However, someone else said, "At the end of 'Will and Won't' in HBP,
> Petunia looks 'oddly flushed' when DD is talking about the blood 
> protection. " Interesting... maybe she knows that there is no blood 
> relation with her and Lily... 

"K":

See above. I find it more likely that Petunia and her family have also
been provided some form of protection for taking in Harry. It appears
Petunia was not aware of the 'coming of age' at 17 and perhaps
Petunia's protection ends when Harry turns 17. Surely that would be
enough to get her attention.  :-)