Mr3d wrote:Snowy wrote:2) Mr and Mrs Evans - Harry's grandparents on Lily's side but then also Harry's grandparents on James's side - Mr and Mrs Potter. They were pure-bloods were they not? Did James have any brothers and sisters? Did Mr and Mrs Potter have any brothers and sisters? Does harry have any surviving wizard/witch relatives as a result?jkr wrote:MA: What about Harry's family — his grandparents — were they killed?
JKR: No. This takes us into more mundane territory. As a writer, it was more interesting, plot-wise, if Harry was completely alone. So I rather ruthlessly disposed of his entire family apart from Aunt Petunia. I mean, James and Lily are massively important to the plot, of course, but the grandparents? No. And, because I do like my backstory: Petunia and Lily's parents, normal Muggle death. James's parents were elderly, were getting on a little when he was born, which explains the only child, very pampered, had-him-late-in-life-so-he's-an-extra-treasure, as often happens, I think. They were old in wizarding terms, and they died. They succumbed to a wizarding illness. That's as far as it goes. There's nothing serious or sinister about those deaths. I just needed them out of the way so I killed them.
I recommend you read the whole interview as it is very interesting.
Link->The Leaky Cauldron
Hi Mr3D
Yeah I spotted this interview on the mugglenet website after I posted my message. This interview was released on Friday wasn't it.
Shaark wrote:the worst thing that could possibly happen is either:
None of these things get explained.
or
JK Rowling dies (knock wood)
I'm secretly hoping that JKR will hear about threads like this so that she see what people want answering in her last book. That way she can tell us either thru her website or in the books themselves.
God forbid the latter one though not even her husband knows about how it ends.