Magic Gene Pool

[blenberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 33527

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "david_p2002ca" <david_p at i...> wrote:

> we're looking at a magical population of no more than 22 000 in the 
> UK, with over 59 million muggles.
> This does raise another question: can the magic community survive?  
> Is their gene pool diverse enough?
> 
> David P.


Aha!  Ron already addressed that in CoS (between slug belches): "Most 
wizards are half-blood anyway.  If we hadn't married muggles we'd've 
died out."


Barbara