Petunia as Squib

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Ffred:

>Though there's a question here about mixed marriages. Hagrid says at one
>point that almost all wizards marry muggles, otherwise they would have died
>out.

Sorry. I think this is a case of movie contamination. In the same scene in 
the book, (Ron belching up slugs) it is Ron himself who tells Hermione that 
most wizards are now half-bloods. I have always taken this to mean just that 
most wizards are now of mixed blood, since, technically, someone could be 
half-blood if the offspring of a witch and wizard both of half-blood. 

>Now I also think that Hagrid is prone to hyperbole

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Agreed. So is Ron.

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>But is the non-magical child of a mixed marriage a squib (because of the
>magical parent) or a muggle (because of the non-magical one)?

It's a matter of viewpoint, IMHO. From the WW's standpoint, they might well 
be some kind of Squib (though I doubt if it is as much a matter of shame as 
it would be for the offsrping of a witch and wizard to be a Squib). From the 
Muggle POV, no such concept exists, except for those of us privileged enough 
to have an insight into the WW.

~Eloise