The Dursleys' role (was New/Old Friends?)

[mtwelovett]

No: HPFGUIDX 54500

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Andrea <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:
> --- J wrote:
> > I don't know if this has been discussed before but could Petunia be a
> > squib?  
> > Was that why she was so angry when her sister received the letter and
> > her 
> > parents were so happy?  Also why she was so adamant that Harry would
> > know 
> > nothing of his heritage?
> 
> I'm not inclined to think Petunia's a Squib, because it was said at
> several points that Lily was either a Muggle-born witch or from a Muggle
> family.  However, for proponents of Heir-through-Lily theories, there's
> nothing against one of the previous descendants having been a Squib, and
> choosing to live in the Muggle world since they were without magic. 
> Several generations later, who's to say they're not a Muggle family?
> 
> 
> Andrea


I have been thinking Petunia a squib for some time now, but hadn't
ironed out a lot of the details. It seems to me that her reactions to
the wizarding workd are very much the same a Filch's. Thus Filch would
be an introduction to the squib concept from JK for a later plot
twist. The ones that refer to Lily's parents as "Muggles" (don't have
the books with me at the moment, sorry) are Petunia who wouldn't tell
the truth about them if they were wizards anyway, and Hagrid, who may
know only what he has been told, which he then would repeat to Harry
and others. What if they were Wizards and either worked for the
Ministry in the Departmemt of Mysteries and lived as Muggles for some
reason so that Petunia might "think" they were muggles? Or they were
wizards and Petunia just doesn't want anyone to know that, and since
she isn't the oddball in the Muggle world that she would be in the WW
, then she as a squib, passes herself off as a Muggle and lives
(relatively) happily? 

Now then, what if Aberella Figg is actually a grandparent or Relative
to Petunia? (her last name would be different if it was on the mom's 
side, since Lily and Petunia's maiden names are Evans) She's could
have known Mrs Figg her whole life. She would trust her not to spill
the beans on Harry, but probably woulen't want general day to day
contact with her. But then there is a loop hole about Petunia then
worrying she'd tell Harry about being a wizard... hmmm maybe that is
part of the letter. 

Mary (who's going back to lurking now)