Ages

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...> wrote:
>
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...> 
> wrote:
> >I haven't pulled the cite, but I well recall Rowling being asked
> >whether DD was Harry's grandfather. She responded with another
> >question, to the effect of "If he had other relatives, why would he
> >have to go to the Dursleys?"
> 
> It's even better, it covers relative, albeit *close:*
> 
> Official Site, Section: Rumours
> 
> [Rumor] Professor Dumbledore is Harry's real grandfather/close 
> relative of some description.
> 
>  [Rowling] "If Dumbledore had been Harry's grandfather, why on earth 
> would he have been sent to live with the Dursleys?"
> 
> She obviously avoids the question, as well as raising another that has 
> chaffed me for a long time....i.e. the whole Privet Drive business.
> 

Simple, really.
Lily with red hair, DD with hair that possibly used to be red - 
misdirection; a red herring.
Privet Drive is where his *mother's* blood dwells, which is how the
protection was set up.
But it was James that came from a pureblood line - and if DD could
be connected to that side of the family....

Kneasy