Did Dumbledore ultimately redeem himself?

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Ellie:
Apologies if this posts twice, but my posts don't seem to be going though.
 

 This wiki article explains it well.
 http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Sacrificial_protection http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Sacrificial_protection
 

 I don't think Lily did any special magic other than sacrificing herself to save Harry. And then Dumbledore used a charm and then decided to place Harry with Petunia to enable the blood protection. 
 

 > Crescent said:
 > We actually only have Dumbledore's word that Harry needed to be there because of the blood 
> magic. Considering how Dumbledore twisted the truth in other ways, I find it quite possible he 
> would also have told half-truths to keep Harry there. And after Voldemort's resurrection, having 
> Harry's blood would have let him personally through those wards so keeping him there makes 
> no sense. 

 >

 > I wonder what would have happened if Neville's parents hadn't been driven insane by Bellatrix 
> and another death eater. For they were named as godparents and would have legally been his 
> guardians. In fact, from what I recall (which could be flawed), they were killed a week after 
> Harry's parents. How was it that Dumbledore just walked in and took a child for whom he did 
> not have guardianship?

Ellie: 
 If Dumbledore was lying Voldemort would have realized it when he got his body back and went after Harry. Of course it was real. And having Voldemort having Harry's blood did not change the fact that Harry was protected. The significance of Voldemort having Harry's blood came when Harry sacrificed himself at the end of DH. Since Lilly's charm still lived in Voldemort, Harry survived. 
 

 I'm not sure what you mean about the Longbottoms. They were not Harry's godparents (Sirius was his godfather and we don't know if he had a godmother) nor were they ever killed. 

Ellie (Sara)
  

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