Lily's Parents

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 170104

"Sherry:

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."

Bruce Alan Wilson:

What if Lily & Petunia were only HALF-sisters?  Note, Petunia 
says that 'my mother and father were glad to have a witch in 
the family.'  Not 'OUR mother and father.'  If one of Lily's 
parents were a wizard/witch or even a squib, even if the other
--the one she shared with Petunia--were totally muggle, the 
blood protection would still hold.

"colebiancardi:

I don't know if JKR ever wrote or told us how Hermoine's parents 
felt about the news, but since Hermoine didn't make a deal out 
of it, I think they took it well. If I lived in the HP world as 
a muggle and had a child that was a wizard, I would be thrilled, 
not scared or confused. Perhaps it all depends if you like to 
read fantasy novels or not :)"



Consider that mageborn children have 'breakouts'. Remember how 
Harry shrunk the ugly sweater, grew a bad haircut out overnight,
teleported to the top of the school, etc.?  I would think that 
parents who had been enduring such happenings the last eleven 
years or so would be delighted to find that there is a logical
explanation for what has been going on. Remember the potioner 
named 'Granger' whom Slughorn asks if Hermione is descended 
from?  What if he had had a Squib son who was Hermione's
great-grandfather?  Mightn't some tradition have been passed 
down in the family about magic?  When Hermione's dad found 
that he'd sired a witch, he may well have said, "So that's 
what grandpa's stories were about!"

Bruce Alan Wilson

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