Harry's Grandparents

Has there been any discussion in the books about Harry's grandparents (I don't recall any)? What do we know about his lineage before his parents?

The books don't say anything about his grandparents. But in one of her latest interviews J.K says that Lilly's parents and James' parents have all died of natural causes. She wanted to make sure that Harry's character was as lonely as possible, or he would have of course lived with them instead of with his aunt and uncle.

But what if that is just what she wants to think. Why do you think McGonagall and Dumbledore are so protective of Harry other than the fact that he is a student... Harry should have done been expelled for everythink he has done, but why hasn't he been? I think that McGonagall and Dumbledore could be Lily's parents or Dumbledore could father of one while McGonagall is mother to the other...

wow what you just said is so ridiculous reread it i just had a good laugh

Since JKR has told us the GPs are dead and the series is over, I think we've got to go with that.

It doesn't really make sense for Harry's grandparents, especially on James' side, to have died of natural causes. James and Lily had Harry rather young, they were only 21 when they died. That means that their parents couldn't have been over 60, and even for Muggles that really isn't that old. But wizards and wizards, especially have a longer average lifespan, I think we have to rule out old age as a cause of death. Obviously disease is also possible, but again, it doesn't seem very likely for James' parents.
If all four of Harry's grandparents were really struck down by illness prematurely, than he's got some kind of cursed heritage. :/

I think it's very bizarre the way they were all dead like this, and I've wanted more, but JKR hasn't provided us with much at all on them. James's parents couldn't have been dead too terribly long when Harry was born. Well for that matter, neither could Lily's have been.

I thought it was fishy for them all to be dead with no explanation. I wanted a story to tell me how they'd died

i think it's a very good point that it's a bit suspicious that they all died suddenly. maybe famine struck or something. shrug. i guess we'll never know. tear.
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