[HPforGrownups] Lily & Petunia Evans

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 55371

selene at earthlink.net writes:
<< But Petunia must take a greater role in VWII, since she and Dudley share 
Lily's
enchanted blood along with Harry. >>

What do you mean by "enchanted blood"?  If you mean the protection part that 
allowed Harry to defeat Voldemort twice, then Petunia and Dudley don't have 
that because Lily did not sacrifice her life for them, only Harry.  If you 
mean the fact that Petunia and Dudley share Lily's blood in that they may 
have some of those latent magical genes, that may be true, but Harry's father 
was also a wizard, possibly pureblooded, so Harry would have more magic in 
him than Petunia, and a lot more than Dudley, being that both Dudley's 
parents are Muggles.

It was not in canon, but in an interview that JKR stated Lily was definitely 
a Muggleborn witch, just like Hermione.  Though in the "magical genetics" 
theory, one would presume that the Evans family had some wizarding genes in 
them somewhere along the line, and it just happened to be expressed in Lily.  
Petunia may have some wizarding genes, but not enough to be a witch.  Vernon 
Dursley's family background is pretty much unknown except for the fact that 
he and his sister are Muggles.  If he has some unexpressed wizarding genes 
and Petunia has some unexpressed wizarding genes, then Dudley has a little 
more potential to show some powers, but then why didn't he receive a letter?  
That says to me that he does not have enough magic in him to be a wizard.

We have heard that in the next book Muggles will get involved in the 
Voldemort war, and many believe it will be through the Dursleys, but I don't 
think it is because any of them will develop magical powers.  I believe a 
connection will be established between the Riddles and the Evans, and also 
that Voldemort may do something to the Grangers in order to lure Hermione 
away from Hogwarts and use her as bait for Harry, and this is how Muggles 
will start to get involved.

-Audra-