OOP: Petunia

[snosageau]

No: HPFGUIDX 62042

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Andrea" <andrea at k...> wrote:
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I'm afraid I have to disagree with your theory Andrea, although I do 
like your thoughts about Petunia being raised in the wizarding world 
and having much much more knowledge about it than she has ever let 
on. There has to be a reason to of WHY she is so respectful of DD. 
Would she really go against Vernon if she didn't know DD from a bar 
of soap?
 
> Aunt Petunia is not a muggle, not a squib, but a full-fledged witch.

Is it possible that Petunia & Lily's parents were Squibs? Think about 
how overjoyed Petunia says her parents were when Lily recieved her 
letter informing her that she was to attend Hogwarts. Why would they 
be so overjoyed if Hogwarts is a part of the world that they don't 
know about. I can't recall Hermione ever saying that her parents were 
thrilled when she received her letter and we know for a fact that 
they're muggles.

> Yes my friends, a witch. Did she go to Hogwarts? did she stay 
through OWL's or NEWT? Dunno.

I doubt Petunia went to Hogwarts. Referring to PS she tells of Lily 
getting her letter, but possibly her bitterness about Lily's powers 
is a result of the fact that she DIDN'T get one also?

> I tried looking up to see if we know Lily was an older or younger 
sister. If Lily was older, their parents might have forbid Petunia to 
go, even if she received a letter, if they thought Lily was a freak?

Again in PS Petunia refers to how proud her parents were of Lily when 
she received her letter, so I doubt their parents thought that she 
was a freak. If my theory of them being Squibs is true, then if 
Petunia had received a letter as well, I'm sure they would have been 
over the moon.

"Snosageau"