Wizard talent in Muggle families

[pt4ever]

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From: pt4ever
Subject: Re: Wizard talent in Muggle families
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Date: 8/16/00 9:56 am  (ET)

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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.
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Possible...but in CoS, Colin Creevy says something to Harry like,
"I never knew all the odd stuff I could do was magic." Presumably, if
the Creevy's had gotten a letter when Colin (or Dennis) was born, the
"odd stuff" they could do wouldn't be such a surprise.

I'm of the opinion that if a child and their family are totally unaware of
wizarding society, a personal representative from Hogwarts (McGonagall,
Dumbledore, etc., maybe even a Weasley or someone from the MoM) comes to
explain everything to the family, takes them or shows them Diagon Alley,
etc. Perhaps this was Hagrid's job in SS. I bet he'd have shown up even
if Harry had gotten his letter.

-- JoAnna