Wizard talent in Muggle families

[ausclub7]

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From: ausclub7
Subject: Re: Wizard talent in Muggle families
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6965] Re: Wizard talent in Muggle families
Date: 8/16/00 2:38 am  (ET)

I think that JKR's said something about there being a character who comes
across magic quite late in life and uses it in desperate circumstances
(possibly one of the dursleys).

i think that, when it comes to hogwarts enrollments for muggle families,
there must be more preparation for muggle parents than we've heard
about. how would you feel if you recieved a letter on your childs 11th
birthday saying 'your kid is a wizard/witch, they're coming to hogwarts'
- i dont know about the rest of you but id certainly have my doubts
about it! perhaps when a magical child is born into a muggle family the
ministry, or mcgonagall, or whoever, sends out a letter saying 'your
child is a wizard/witch, and will go to this school in the future,' so
the parents can get used the idea. this is entirely possible; perhaps the
letter that dumbledore left for the dursleys (but which they convieniently
ignored) is a letter of this nature, although in harrys case it would have
'watch our for lord voldemort' or something at the end.

on the note of anti-muggle charms, it would seem muggles can get around
them if they're invited. diagon alley and platform 9 and 3/4 are often
spoken of as being places muggles cant penetrate, but we've seen hermiones
parents in diagon alley, so presumable muggles can penetrate these areas
if theyre invited in by a person with the 'wizarding gene'.