[HPforGrownups] Re: Why do Muggles have Wizard Children?

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 70549

Ximena Valdivia wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steven" <sngoing at y...> wrote:
> 
>>I have a theory that for Muggle families to have wizardlings, they 
>>must have had an ancestor who was a witch or wizard. This might 
>>give 
>>something to the theory that Lily is Harry's connection to 
>>Gryffindor. 
>>
> 
> I'm not so sure considering that in the books, more than one student 
> have stated that they are the first wizard in the family. I believe 
> Hermione and Collin said that (I'm not so sure though) unless that 
> the ancestors had hide it to the rest of their family that they were 
> wizards. I imagine someone like Hermione as soon as she got her 
> letter will have been researching like crazy in her family tree if 
> there was someone that was a wizard.

There's a limit to how far back such research could reasonably 
go.  Especially easily accessible records.  And it's highly 
unlikely that the records would mention whether someone was a 
witch or wizard.