Wizard Genetics

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No: HPFGUIDX 6397


> Science aside, genetics seems far too mundane a way
> for wizarding abilities to be handed out.  It would be
> simple to run a test on every baby to check for the
> wizarding gene (although this is a possibility -
> parents are told at the birth that their child is a
> wizard, and this is why none of them seem upset about
> letting their children go off to Hogwarts.)  However,
> I seem to remember Colin Creevy saying that his family
> was shocked to find out that he was a wizard, so this
> seems unlikely.
> 
> Sarah
> 
I must say I agree with you. We have been told many times that wizardry excludes technology 
(and by implication, science) so it would be an obvious fallacy to subsume wizardry and its 
causes under science.

Naama