Magic Gene Pool

[hermione_ew]

No: HPFGUIDX 33600

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blenberry" <blenberry at a...> wrote:
> --- 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

Aside from Ron's declaration that "most wizards are half-blood 
anyway, there seems to be a significant number of muggle-born wizards 
at hogwarts: Justin Finch-Fletchly, Dennis and Colin Creevey, Dean 
Thomas, and many others.  I suspect that part of the reason that 
Wizards survive, apart from inter-marrying, is the large number of 
Muggle-born wizards out there.

Hannah