The Creevey brothers

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Andrea Bonfanti" <andrea at n...> 
wrote:
> Was it just me, or did anyone else found it strange that Colin 
> Creevey had a brother who also turned out to be a wizard? I mean, 
> what are the odds? They come from a Muggle family, so, wouldn't it 
be 
> rare enough for ONE of the kids to be a wizard to start with? Or is 
> it like a recessive gene or something? Do you have any thoughts 
about 
> this?
> 
Actually, this issue crops up in the "Star Wars" novels too, and I'm 
sure I've seen it in other fantasy/sci-fi "universes" as well.

-People with wizarding/Jedi abilities are born when neither parent 
has any such ability (Hermione in HP, Obi-Wan and Lowbacca in SW)

-When witches/wizards and Force-sensitives marry Muggles, the 
offspring nearly always inherit special abilities (Seamus Finnigan in 
HP, the Solo kids in SW)

-Squibs (nonmagic children of magical parents) are extremely rare in 
HP. (Filch is one of a handful); no equivalent exists in SW. 

 Put these together (and leave aside that immaculate conception Lucas 
threw in on us!)  and you get the notion that if there's a 
Spoonbender Gene, it's genetically dominant- this of course begs the 
question of why are they a minority? I've never seen this answered 
fully; both the Jedi and the Rowlingian wizarding world have been 
persecuted in the past, and for a time the Jedi have appeared to keep 
ceilbate, but neither is a full expalnation as both require 
acceptance of the wizard/Jedi "cultures" rather than simply the 
Spoonbender Gene.