Why Doesn't Harry Have Any Relatives? | Harry Potter Film Theory 

Seriously tho what kind of name is Linfred of Stinchecombe?

Wasn't Petunia the only option because she was the only relative of Lily? It was her blood protection not James so some distant cousin of his wouldn't have protected him.

You could also argue that when Harry died, for that brief moment the entire Potter line was wiped out and thus there was no more curse, ending it that way as well.

You know, it makes perfect sense that the Potter family made Slick Eazy's hair potion. Harry definitely got his untameable hair from them, so it makes sense they invented a potion that would help with their....HARRY problem. I'll see myself out.

Harry doesn't leave the cloak he sticks it in his robes. He pulls it out and uses it to hide himself when Neville decapitates nagini.

I have a different theory. That death, having been defeated by the third brother, found a worthy pawn to defeat a future foe. Since death is probably a magical being, he knew that one day Voldemort would challenge his law. Perhaps death did not feel cheated by the brothers but instead chose to test them; The third being the only survivor, the only one whose lineage stood a chance of avoiding death until the real threat emerged. Because it is known in death's lore IRL that he is supposed to be fond of games, so why would death in the books be any different. And what better game than using humanity to keep the wicked at bay by acting as his pieces in the most grand game of chess ever played. And against Voldemort, who would try to become immortal, Harry was simply his knight. Checkmate.

Imagine if Mr. and Mrs. Evans died in a car crash. That would make Petunia so cruel for saying that’s how Lily and James died.

As people have already mentioned it was Lilly’s sacrifice that put the protection on Harry so it had to be a relative from Lilly’s side so Petunia seemed to be the only one. So I feel we need to see what happened to other relatives on her side. But as her sister Petunia and Lilly’s blood is close as Dumbledore mentions that as to why it had to be Petunia.

Harry drops the stone, the cloak is in the front of his robes. Says so in the book, he never dropped the cloak, he just wasn't wearing it. He removed it.

This is an interesting theory. Yet, it doesn't have good foundations. You assumed everyone in the Potter line died, because Harry is sent to Petunia. While it's true that Mcgonagall asked Dumbledore if there was any other family member and he said there wasn't, you have to take a few things into account. First, Dumbledore wants *Lily's* blood relatives. She sacrificed herself, only her blood can keep the protection alive. Hence, no need to make any assumption about the Potters. Second, even if we include James's family for some reason, Dumbledore is looking for *family*. And I'm quite sure there's a limit to whom can be considered family. Harry's 21st cousin 46-times removed would harly be considered family, even if they're Lindfred's grand-...-grand-child. Even if James's family was an option, how much blood would Harry actually share with such a cousin? And if there were no limit to "blood distance", Harry could just go live with Voldemort. They're both descendants of the Peverell brothers, so they're nth cousins sth-removed too. And it would be hilarious: "Harry, whatever he does, just keep calling 'home' the place where he lives". Living with the man who tried to kill you prevents him from successfully killing you 😂 Third, just as the Peverll family did, the Potter family could have "become extint in the *male* line" except for Harry. Maybe the Potters had tons of daughters and few sons. And I've got the impresion that having children is not that common in the wizarding world, as most of the adult characters don't have chiildren, and we hear about and see some elders who never had children (Bathilda Bagshot, Aunt Muriel, Elphias Doge, Neville's uncle Algie). So I get the impression that in wizarding families among many siblings one or two tend to have kids, the others don't. If that was the case, the Potters would have less descendants than expected. Also, some might have moved abroad, during those 8 centuries. So, if we consider the males in the Potter family who actually had children, and then we rule out those who moved outside of the UK, how many have we got? And how many of them are involved in the public life, rather than living in a small isolated village, with barely any contact with the larger wizarding community? I know Dumbledore knows a lot of things, is wise and skilled, but I'm not expecting him to know every single Potter in the UK, nor every single person who despite not having a Potter last name is a Potter descendant. In the end, this doesn't prove your theory wrong, but a new argument is required.

"We like to use full names here." 10 seconds earlier- Calls her Ginny.

"A curse that has destined each family member to DEATH!!!" Ah yes, the curse of mortality

To be fair the protection came from Lilly’s blood specifically. Meaning James’ relatives were out of the questions. And Petunia was picked out of Lilly’s relatives because since they were sisters the blood was close so the protection was strong. If Harry was sent to say Lilly’s cousin then the distance in the blood would have made for much weaker protection.

I like this theory. But the real question: Is Death an entity that can be hidden from or does the cloak grant immortality?

Speaking of missing cousins, shouldn’t there be many more Weasley's at Hogwarts? I thought that Malfoy pér strongly implied that large families are a Weasley tradition. Also, one of Arthur's brothers thought Harry's pollyjuice form at Bill and Fleur's wedding was his son, which implies that there are other teen Wesley's around.

Harry couldn’t have lived with anyone else but the Dursleys, Petunia carries Lily’s protection.

Or the obvious solution: Dumbledore lied. Having Harry grow up in a muggle family fits the goal of making him as humble as he needs to be to later do what he has to do. In an environment where he is celebrated as a hero even as a child would spoil him, worst case he ends up with some pure blood idiots (Potters intermarried with Blacks, so it would be possible)

I love how Harry's grandpa Linfried made the Skelegro Potion that Harry benefited from so often and that's why Harry's rich to begin with. lol

If this curse followed the Potter family, and technically their bloodline, does that mean when Voldemort was resurrected in Goblet using Harry's blood he was a part of that curse too?

Something that occurred to me if the Gaunts had the stone and it was passed down in a straight line. Wouldn't Harry and Valdamort be cousins?

"The pure-blood Potters weren't related to ANYONE, which we know they weren't, because if they were, Harry would have had *anywhere better to go!*" Guys. I love you. I love your videos. But as you can see, a lot of us are confused by this, because we all know it was Lily who died and left the old magic protection for her son. Dumbledore tells him, as long as he goes "home" to Number 4, once a year, the magic will last, but the moment he leaves Petunia's house for the last time, Lily's final act will break, will leave him vulnerable. Right? I mean I'm asking seriously, SCB, because you're the experts. That hasn't been somehow retcon'd, right? If it IS correct... Then this line of the video is really where I had to stop and take a second, read the comments. Because it doesn't matter if he had over 9000 cousins on the Potter side, none of them shared the blood of muggle-born witch Lily Evans. Right? Just felt like a strange side road to take on what I personally saw as a REALLY strong theory about the Potters and death.

I thought Harry had to go with the Dursleys because it was his mother whose love protected him, so he had to stay with people who were physically related to her to keep that protection. Am I remembering wrong?

... or, to put it simply... Since Lily was the one who sacrificed herself and created the protection, it would have to be someone from her bloodline.

You guys always help me through hard times, thank you! To put it lightly, I’m kind of struggling right now and your videos always made me smile :)

Lily’s bloodline was the source of the magical protection. That’s why Petunia was the only option

I always love the way you read the passages from the book. I imagine that, someday, the audiobook will come out read by you.

Even if Harry had living relatives if they weren't tied to his mother directly through blood then the protection wouldn't have worked

If we're gonna talk about how few relatives Harry has, I'd also point out how many other wizarding kids are only children, including muggle borns: Harry, Hermione, Malfoy, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Lupin, Mcgonagal, Snape (imagine if he had a sibling), even Dudley. For reference, only one of the people in my life is an only child.

If Sirius dyed his hair, would his fur be that color when he transforms into a dog?

There is a simpler reason why Harry went to the Dursleys... Petunia is Lily's only blood relative... Even if everyone in the magical world was a Potter, James didn't trigger the protection, Lily did

Every now and then I take a brief moment to take a good look at y’all’s background to spot any new things you’ve added to the collection. Always a pleasant surprise noticing how beaten it was before and how packed with items it is now. Takes me back to the days y’all hadn’t hit a million subs yet. Always quality content from both you brothers and your team.

Petunia is the closest family member to Lily who actually made the sacrifice. Harry's protection was fostered by the sister's blood connection. Dumbledore also wanted him away from the wizard world.

I am now realizing we're getting close to the 10 year anniversary of SCB, I'm sure you guys have some great things planned!

Is there anything in this series that doesn't have to do with Death? Next you'll be saying Hedwig had a run-in with Death. ...Wait a minute.

4:04 “Today’s a fun day, isn’t it?” 🤣

Everything u guys r saying just makes so much SENSE

I noticed your mistake. Harry did not drop the cloak, he stuffed it in his own clothes. when he got up, in the books, he put on his cloak he dropped his cloak when he faced Voldemort for the final time

But Hardwin's(?) siblings family lines would be _very_ distant relatives. I mean, is it normal to know such distant family?

Harry did have at least one living cousin, Voldemort, but I’m guessing Dumbledore might not have wanted to leave Harry with a vapor form of Voldemort to raise him

At 10:09 when he said The Invisibility Cloak, I literally gasped out load, it all clicked in my head XD

We not gonna talk about the fact the family that took Harry in had to be Lily's blood relative? Her parents were older, like James's I believe, and while James's parents were probably killed by death eaters, Lily's parents died of an unknown illness. So Petunia was the only known blood relative of Harry's left.

When Dumbledore chose the Dursleys, he chose them for the bond of blood. In order for the bond of blood to form, the new house owner has to be blood-related to LILY, not James. James didn't bestow sacrificial protection onto Lily or Harry. So any of James' relatives wouldn't have been good enough to make the bond of blood.

Thank you for this video. I have been wondering about this for awhile.

He didn’t drop the cloak in the forest. He dropped the Resurrection Stone. He put the cloak in his waistband with his wand.

here’s my theory for the evans’ deaths. They were called on to a reality show that was actually a surprise magic show with a “pretend” wizard behind a mask who “accidentally” killed them under “mysterious circumstances” and the wizard was actually voldemort.

Didn’t Harry have to live with the Dursley’s because it was Lilly who cast the protection spell on him, and by staying with Petunia (who was Lilly’s sister) he reinforced its protection? Thus is why he had to stay with her. Also, as Petunia wasn’t related to the Three Brothers she was in no harms way of Death.

Thank god you finally did a theory on this cuz this is something I've spent YEARS wondering about

Finally get to watch this one 10 days after it being uploaded 😁 I just binge watched everyone of the supercarlinbrothers harry potter play list

6:52 “Wizemagot” lol

Yas! Finally here when one just drops! Woohoo!

It fits very nicely! Thank you for the video! It is very interesting as always.

Great theory that’s maybe my favorite one so far!!

This is a bit weird for me if my parents died when I was younger, I only have an auntie alive, I have other much more distant family but they are estranged (I don't mean like Beatrix), and I'm pretty sure I don't have a curse from Death themselves on me. So maybe it was just the potters had drifted away, I imagine Lily's parents would be weirded out by her new husband etc.

Here so early the next Potter hasn't died yet.

Most Solid theory you guys have come up with. I kinda got chills at the end of this vid!

It feels so good to see clips from actually good movies ☺️

I don’t know why i expected the brothers’ encounter with death to have been so long ago but going from that to the 1980s in less than 10 generations seems rather intense to me

When did Fleamont and Euphemia die? We know Sirius moved in when he was 16- which means there was less than a 5 year window between their deaths and James & Lilly's.

Dudley's giant head 🤣💗 gosh I love this

OMG I FINALLY FOUND THE CHANNEL THAT I WATCHED LIKE CRAZY A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN I WAS OBSESSED WITH HARRY POTTER FOR THE 2ND TIME AROUND!! I AM FINALLY WATCHING FANTASTIC BEASTS AND I REMEMBERED THEM! THE INTRO HIT ME WITH SOME WEIRD NOSTALGIA AHH

The charm protecting Harry was sealed from LILLYS blood .... had zero to do with the Potter line .... this whole video is flawed....

8:55 - 9:19 An explanation for this could simply be that we just don't know about the other relatives. How many of you know about your 27th cousins?

7:07 funniest thing ive seen all week. woke up the house laughing lol

Well to quote the great Simon R Green "you're only immortal until you die, then you were just very long lived."

Other Potters? Do they realize 5 generations and that is it, you basically do no aware that those people are your family. They are strangers! Original 7 Potter children could be very reproductive, but they too far away from from bottom of tree to be associated, unless there is very noticeable trace. Last name can be even lost immediately due to daughter only children. For all we know, Fudge might be relative or Diggory, or Goyle.

Interesting idea but I think you're completely wrong here. Harry had to live with Petunia because she was Lily's blood relative, the Potter line wasn't. They might be some distant Potters still alive but they wouldn't matter because they're not connected to Lily in any way.

I really like when we get these kind of theories. Always makes you wonder! 🤔

Hey Jay and Ben, great work once again on the video The Cursed Potter Family !! Once again you proved no matter how much you study The Harry Potter stories there is strangely always more to study !! ~ Don't you just love THAT !!

Funny how the third brother was the first cursed potter line by having his brothers killed

Actually I think that Harry went to the Dursley’s because Dumbledore wanted him to live a somewhat normal life for at least a little, and make sure that he wasn’t arrogant and spoiled when he went to Hogwarts but whatever doesn’t matter I guess. Love your videos!

Loved this analysis.

WOAHHHH this is probably the most brilliant HP theory you ever gave

Petunia was the only option because Lily's protection would live on with Petunia, which Dumbledore even stated, which meant he could not go to any relative of James

on the topic of todays video - wasn't Euphmia Potter a Black by birth? the Potters were related tot the other purebloods - how else could they have remained pure-blooded? Harry ended up with the Dursley's because of Lily's blood protection. This theory is really cool, but there are some rather big holes.

“Way to go pal!” That part was hilarious 😂

Okay no but this is scary, I was thinking about this yesterday and now you come with answers?!?!!

All this talk of genealogy had me wondering if Hogwarts will ever have a Dursley attending. The Evans family has already produced Lily, maybe Dudley an Evans descendant will have magical children.

one thing important to realise is that dumbledore wouldn’t want to drop harry off at james 6th cousins 2nd uncles sons house even if they are kind people. Most of their family tree wouldn’t even know who harry is, and also due to all the muggle and wizard wars, their family just wouldn’t be that big when harry’s parents died.

10:09 THE WAY I GOT LITERAL GOOSEBUMPS when I realized where this is going!!! Ofc it makes so much sense. Only the one with the invisibility cloak was able to escape death 🤯🤯

I like how both guesses for Lily’s parents are Pokémon characters

I think one question is are you saying it killed off all families including Marriages and in laws?

This could also also play into the theory of Harry being THE CURSED CHILD.

Honestly, I think this is one of the better theories you guys have ever come up with.

Always a pleasure I love this channel

Many comments here point out the fact that Harry had to go be with Lily's family for the protection to work. But imagine the reaction of the Potter side of the family if their dead cousin's child was adopted outside of the magical world. Would they accept Dumbledore's plan? This explains why there aren't family members fighting for custody.

First off, did it have to be a relative of Lily for the magic blood protection thingy to work? Second, Doubledore tells McGonagall in book one chapter one "The Boy Who Lived" that HP would be better off growing up away from the wizarding world - where he will be famous where, as McGonagall had said, "there won't be a child in our world that doesn't know his name!" Might leaving him with people who would help him grow into a decent human being (admittently, by showing him how not to be) and not having a super over inflated ego have been all part and parcel of "Dumbledore's Big Plan"??

Well they are speaking that death was aligned with the Potter family, not the Evans, although the sacrifice was from the Evans family side

I loved this so much! 💜

I always thought that death left petunia alone as a way of tormenting Harry.

First, also I've been watching you channel for the last 10 years and I love your videos

Would love to see you guys review some of the Harry Potter games

Wow you guys! I always finish your videos with my mouth opened. Great job. By the way here is an idea, what if the deathly hallows are all made of thestral body parts and thats why they are related to death. We know the elder wand core is of thestral, they are invesible like the cape and what if the stone came from its kidney like a bezoar? I hope u like the idea. Best wishes from Argentina

I don't know about this one J. Normally I love your theories, but I think you're reaching here. Are we really going on the premise, that the Hallows were actually gifted to the Peverells by Death? And I also think its not unreasonable to think that the Potter family was thinned over the years or even nearly wiped out. Especially a family with a fortune to inherit. So possibly some family squabbles over the gold lessened the number of Potters. Perhaps they died in the First Wizarding War, or the Goblin Rebellions. Even regardless of the Potters, The Wizarding World is incredibly unpopulated from what we have seen. Where are all the Wizards J? How are there not 30,000 Weasleys? The Pottermore article did say that the Potters married neighboring wizards and muggles. So maybe some of the Potters joined the muggle world. And even if there were others, Lily only shared blood with Harry and Petunia. Plus as what we think we know of Dumbledore's big plan. Harry needed to be a caring, completely humble person upon entering the Wizarding World. Dumbledore had to make sure Harry did not grow up with a fame ego. I can 100% get behind that their was simply no other option.

Um I hate to break it to you J, but everyone dies. That's not a curse, it's a fact says it right there in coco.

Brilliant theory! 👏

This might just be your best theory yet!

Harry doesn't drop the invisibility cloak in the forest. He even puts it on again right when Neville kills Nagini and stays hidden under it watching the battle continue until all of Voldemort's followers are defeated, and then he reveals himself for the final showdown with Voldemort.

But... it had to be Lilly's side of the family to work. Lilly's blood... of corse none of the pure blood relations even if they are all related to him on james side would work. And if I remember correctly the potter's were excluded from the sacred on a technicality of there name beign tooundane to count. Since any muggle could be named potter.

As I saw the thumbnail I was soooooooo happy with this.... I don't know if you guys red my theory about death and the third pevrall brother but it was very similar ......... Thanks you guys🥺🥺🥺

This is my favorite theory so far.