Epilogue

Vernon and Petunia did love Marian and Emily. They accepted both for their magical heritage, though Vernon still tepidly. They even came, several years later, to watch Emily's Hogwarts graduation - along with her parents, the Potters, Teddy and the other Weasleys.

Things never quite thawed completely between Harry and his aunt and uncle; that would have taken a miracle. But Harry didn't mind. If there was one thing he had learned on his mission for the Horcruxes, it's that blood does not make a family. Love does. And neither one of them had to be mutually inclusive to the other.

And, Harry knew that, for his family, love was all he really needed.