[HPforGrownups] Re: Thoughts on Muggles with Wizards

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42424

midgie cat writes:

> I also have a thought or two about muggles/magic folk.  How does a child
> become a witch or wizard with two muggle parents, like Hermione [and
Lily],
> unless somewhere way back in their ancestry someone was married to a witch
or
> wizard and it turns up in a later generation, like a recessive gene.

I've thought about his a good deal.  In my mind there's got to be something
in their ancestry that makes them magical, which would explain why it's so
rare to find a squib, since the bloodline is more recent in them.  I guess
they're sort of a genetic freak.  Anyway, I would think that somewhere, way
back, Hermione has an ancestor with magical abilities.  Just my thought on
the matter anyway.

> Also, regarding a mention about Arthur Weasley while at Hogwarts, I think
he
> was probably there with Lucius Malfoy because Lucius is always making
> comments on how slowly Arthur is climbing up the ladder of success at the
> MOM.  Something one would say to a schoolmate of whom greater things were
> expected (if not by Malfoy- at least by the rest of the school).

Perhaps Lucius and Arthur were the Malfoy and Potter/ Snape and Mauraders of
their day?  Which makes me wonder, does Draco have any older siblings?  Has
it been confirmed/denied in any of the books?  If he doesn't, Lucius must've
been rather late getting around to having children.  Compared to Arthur who
has 5 sons older than Draco, and his second youngest is Draco's age.

Richelle