Heir of Gryffindor (Was: These two things stand out)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 169909

Montavilla47:
> I just had a very thought.  If Godric's Hollow is the ancestral home
of Godric Gryffindor, and it *doesn't* belong to James or Dumbledore,
then who might it belong to?
> 
> It's unlikely to be Sirius, as we don't see Gryffindor on the Black
Family Tapestry.  Harry would have noticed that, I think.   Could it
have been Lupin's home?  Possibly.  Poor Lupin!  Not only can't he get
a job, but his friends end up blowing up his house!
> 
> Or--what if the Heir of Gryffindor is Peter Pettigrew?
> 
> Hehe.
>
Carol responds:

Considering that Dumbledore owned the Sword of Gryffindor, just as
Hepzibah Smith owned her ancestor Helga Hufflepuff's cup and the
Gaunts owned their ancestor Salazar Slytherin's locket, I think it's
likely that he was the Heir of Gryffindor (and that his place has been
taken by Aberforth). At any rate, JKR says that we should be thinking
about Dumbledore's family, and why would his family be important if
not for that reason?

I suspect that Dumbledore provided the Potters with the house in
Godric's Hollow, which is never presented as their own, when they
first appeared to be in danger but before that danger became so
extreme that he suggested the Fidelius Charm.

Sidenote on the Petunia's eyes thread: Sisters don't have to resemble
each other. Look at blond, blue-eyed Narcissa and black-haired,
dark-eyed Bellatrix, who also has "hooded" eyes, unlike Narcissa. No
one is theorizing that Narcissa is adopted just because of her
coloring (and a name that falls outside the Black family tradition of
star and constellation names). Lily and Petunia are both flower names,
so they follow the same family tradition, and Petunia doesn't resemble
her own son, Dudley, either, except for the blond hair. JKR has enough
to deal with in DH without making nonsense of the blood protection
subplot. I do expect, though, for Petunia's revelations to tie in with
Godric's Hollow, or rather, to relate to Lily and Petunia's own
Squib*like* connection with the WW. (I wouldn't be surprised if she,
but not Vernon, knows that Mrs. Figg is a Squib.)

Carol, wondering why Salazar Slytherin would own something so feminine
as a locket and agreeing with Sherry that Mrs. Figg will be the one to
perform magic late in life