[HPforGrownups] Magical genetics

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 54559

Catlady wrote:

>But I also suggest that there is also a Magic that keeps the total
>number of wizarding people constant. When a wizard or witch dies,
>their magic goes to the next suitable child born in their area.

(much snippage of some excellent theory...)

The only point that I'd wonder about is whether the mechanism you suggest
would keep wizardly _numbers_ constant or the wizard:muggle _ratio_
constant.

If it was the former, then the number of magical folk would be fixed for
ever at the point that it was at a _very_ early stage. This might not work
when considered in conjunction with canon (eg the attendance at the World
Cup final.

When would it have started? When Homo Sapiens came into existence? If later,
then how did it start? So I think the second option is closer to what you
are arguing for.

This would be that there would be a constant ratio (for example 1:60, 1:100,
or what ever you think appropriate) so that as the muggle population rises,
so does the wizard population.

Now this in turn has some interesting implications. There would also need to
be some sort of geographical regulator to make sure that depredations (of
the Voldemort sort) are made up for in the same area that they took place
(or reasonably near) otherwise it would take far longer for the population
to recover (if V kills 50 people in London, then if the 50 replacements are
born equally distributed across the globe, then the London population stays
down for a much longer period!)

Cheers

Ffred

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