Genetics and Wizarding Ablilty; was Wizard Contraception

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 400


> It's fairly standard in fantasy/scifi settings for unusual
abilities 
> to be something like genetically dominant; the offspring of a
wizard 
> and a Muggle is nearly always a wizard; the same is true of Jedi 
> in "Star Wars" and , IIRC, Anne McCaffrey's Talents.
>  In all the above cases, the question is raised; if the abilities 
are 
> genetically dominant, why isn't the majority of the population 
> magical/ Force-enabled/ Talented?


I think it is because the presence of one sets up a field which 
encourages more IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.  So an early sibling who is, 
influences the other _in utero_ to tend the same way.

-Brooks