Lily & Petunia Evans

[Dave]

No: HPFGUIDX 55476

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susan Fox-Davis <selene at e...> 
wrote:
> Recap:  I opined that maybe the Evans' were a wizarding family and
> Petunia was a Squib, accounting for her bad attitude about magic.  
Audra
> shot it down with:
> 
> >It was not in canon, but in an interview that JKR stated Lily was
> >definitely a Muggleborn witch, just like Hermione.
> 
> Rats.  <smell of smoke from a great theory shot to Hail.>  And the
> psychology was so textbook too.  Well here's to their parents, 
cheers
> for supporting Lily's uniqueness but jeers to neglecting 
their "normal"
> kid.  Come to think of it, this is not unlike many families with a
> gifted child, this is just a different gift.
> 
I tend to agree with that theory though, and I am not sure how much 
of what JKR said is neccearily true from that point, or used to throw 
us off.   I cam up with what I believe at least to be an interesting 
theory.  (Since I am new to the message board world, and my have my 
facts wrong I could be way off base <simple disclaimer>.)  However, I 
think that for the simple fact that Harry has not been called a 
Mudblood by any Malfoy gives a clue to whether or not Aunt Petunia is 
a squib. 

If Lily came from a muggle line, Harry would have 'mud' in his 
veins.  Wouldn't that make him a Mudblood?  Wouldn't Draco at least 
call him that once Harry understood the definition.  The Malfoy's 
obviously felt that the Potter name, although they disagree with 
their 'political' affiliation, is one of a true wizarding family.

If I am off base please let me know.

Thank you, 

Dave W.