Petunia is a *Squib*

[jhlupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 58710


> LH wrote:
> > 
> > What seems more likely is that either Mum or Pop Evans 
were 
> > either witch or wizard and they both made a deliberate 
decision 
> > to live as muggles.  This is likely to protect a secret that 
would 
> > otherwise put their family at great risk.  <snip all the really 
> good parts>
> 
> 
> Valky responded:
> I like this theory. I have one question though. Why would wizard 
kind 
> who had chosen to leave for the muggle world for the safety of 
their 
> descendents, then be pleased that one of the said 
descendents was 
> returning, to the apparent danger zone, at the very vulnerable 
age of 
> 11. I would imagine that they would prefer Lily not to attend 
> Hogwarts.

LH:  

The *Evans* felt that their children were at risk because of their 
bloodline.  If their children were to be "muggle born" witches or 
wizards, the bloodline would be effectively hidden, and therefore 
the children would be in no danger.  It was a specific fear of a 
specific threat that led to their decision to live as muggles, not a 
general fear of the dangerous wizarding world.  I expect they 
always intended their children to attend Hogwarts and  live life as 
witch or wizard, without the family baggage.

With this sacrifice, and this expectation of a much less 
dangerous future for their children, having a squib for a daughter 
is probably a huge disappointment.  Sure, they love their 
daughter, but take her non-magical staus as a reflection of their 
own lives, their own failings.  They probably go through a period 
of grief like one would imagine, and then acceptance, and they 
work through the situation and come to terms with it.  Then to 
discover that another daughter had inherited the magical 
abilities of her parents would give those parents a sense of 
relief, a sense of knowing their sacrifice was not in vain.  They 
may not have shown any intentionally favoritism, but their relief 
and joy was obvious to the squib sister, who took it as a 
rejection.

Petunia may not even be aware of her parent's magical abilities, 
or so her parents may have thought, but I suspect she became 
aware and took this as a betrayal by her own family.

So Lily *Evans* attends Hogwarts, her true surname unknown to 
even herself.  It's possible then that Professor Trelawney's first 
prediction was that Voldemort would be defeated by the sole heir 
of two *Founders,* one of whom's bloodline had been hidden.  
As Voldemort has killed many prior to the Potters, and is likely 
aware of the threat the Potters pose as the Heirs of GG, I think he 
(Voldemort) is on a mission to uncover and eliminate all 
potential dual heirs.  He thus recruits PP as a spy in the Potter 
camp, and the rest we know...

LH, almost certainly to be made a fool by the 21st of June.