[HPforGrownups] Lily's Parents

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 170073

Karen wrote:
Now the significance of this statement is that Harry was considered for
Slytherin in book one while wearing the sorting hat.  If he was considered
then he must be full blooded.  We already knew he was considered at school
to be from a all-magic family but what is an all- magic family?  If Harry's
grandparents were muggles, as we suspect they are, then wouldn't he not be
from an all-magic family?  To be considered for Slytherin he must have been
full blooded which means that either Petunia's parents are not Lily's
parents (Lily parents would be a witch and a wizard) or Petunia and Lily's
parents are not muggles.  What do you think about those possibilities?



Sherry now:
Actually, we do not know whether or not the hat truly considered Slytherin
for Harry.  The Hat did not mention it, till *Harry* said, "not Slytherin"
then the Hat talked to him about it, as if it was tempting him.  It's a
common misconception that the Hat wanted to put Harry there and Harry talked
him out of it.  JKR said the Hat is never wrong.

As for pure bloods in Slytherin, both Tom Riddle and Snape are half bloods
and they were both in Slytherin.  I'm pretty sure there's somewhere that JKR
has said occasionally a less than pure blood wizard gets into Slytherin.

If it turned out that Lily and Petunia were not sisters, then it would
completely negate the blood protection for Harry, the reason Dumbledore
placed Harry with the Dursleys in the first place.  If there was no blood
protection because they were not blood kin, I could not believe Dumbledore
did not know this, and therefore his actions in placing Harry there would be
unforgivable.

Sherry