Petunia - a Squib? (was: Re: Squibs, Wizards, Witches and Warlocks)

[donna_immaculata]

No: HPFGUIDX 58633

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, robert haberfield <rhaberfield at y...> wrote:
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>  I don't see why Hogsmead couldn't be called an all wizarding 
> settlement even if squibs were living there. Actually, it was 
> founded as an all wizard settlement originally but we have no canon 
> prooving that this is still the case.  IMO, the idea behind Hogsmead, both 
> as a plot device and a place that is real to the WW, is to establish 
> a place, other than Hogwarts or private homes, where magic people,  
> beings, and beasts don't have to hide what they are. A squib would 
> already have knowledge of the WW and therefore would not compromise 
> that intent.
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> Robert the old
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> Your idea is reasonable Linda, but don't forget D.Alley where they can also be themselves.
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> How about this; is aunt Petunia a squib? Were her and Lilly Potter's mum and dad WW's? It would go some way towards explaining her extreem anti wizard atitude. Has this been discussed before?
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> Robert (the old)

Robert,

I think I've come across a thread discussing this at some point but can't remember the result. However, in PS, when Harry meets Hagrid for the first time and learns about the whole wizard thing, Petunia admits that she has known all along and says that when the family learned about Lily's being a witch, it was "all Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of having a witch in the family!" (PS, chap. The Keeper of Keys) For me, this implies that the parents were not witch and wizard, because it sounds a bit as though being a witch was something extraordinary. But I might be wrong.

On the other hand, as they were obviously so very happy to have a witch in the family, could it be that the parents were of WW origins? Two Squibs who got married? A bit far-fetched, maybe. *g*

Donna