Pure Blood Parentage/squibness

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No: HPFGUIDX 75773

I disagree with the Squib=Muggle theory.  All I've seen in the books, 
Neville thought he was a squib, and Filch is a squib, so it is more 
like ADD, with varying degrees of squibness, not total lack of 
magic.  Some people can't function well without medication, some do 
better with it, some can function without it.  Everyone has different 
degrees of magical talent (Crouch was the most naturally powerful 
wizard Sirius knew, but that doesn't make him "more wizardly").  I 
think, since there is a question in the Wizgamot about Arabella 
Figg's ability to "see" Dementors, and Fitch can see the ghosts and 
live (albeit with difficulty) at Hogwarts, there is a wide range 
of "squibness" in the wizarding world.  (I don't think Stan on the 
Knight Bus went to Hogwarts - I could be wrong.)  Therefore, the 
True/False genetic link isn't as clear.  It gets into those 
interesting "dominant-recessive" ideas that you get in graduate 
school.  Intelligent people have periods of total idiocy, and non-
intellectuals have periods of genius. Squibs may have very talented 
children.  DNA isn't everything.