Multiple Muggleborns?

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 57578

Oryomai brought up;

>Muggleborn wizards are supposed to be a fairly uncommon occurance, right?   
Isn't it odd that the Creevy family has *two* wizards? <

Actually no. Ron made the comment quoting Arthur which said that wizards 
would have died out if they hadn't married Muggles and one of the things that 
Harry discovered early on was how very true that was. In Gryffindor and 
Hufflepuff Muggleborns and halfbloods are quite common (we still do not know 
about Ravenclaw, but Penelope Clearwater was Basilisk bait, so it is probably 
true there as well). Muggleborn wizards are only rare among Muggles. 

And once a pairing has produced one magical child, it is all the more likely 
that they will produce others, since the genetic (or whatever other) material 
to produce magical children is clearly present. Petunia Dursley was almost 
certainly quite a near miss (as were her parents) and has probably got at 
least as much magic in her make up as Filch. If Vernon had any significant 
magic in his make up Dudly would be a wizard, and if Dudly marries (heaven 
forfend!) a girl with magic in her family he may end up producing wizards.

-JOdel


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