Mark Evans

[The Kirk]

No: HPFGUIDX 84994

Berit wrote:
> ) Maybe magical children aren't registered in the Ministry records 
> until they're, let's say 11 years old? That's when they get the 
> letter from Hogwarts, and that's when it would be "official" 
whether 
> they're magic or not. Maybe Hogwarts knows more about the wizard 
> children than the Ministry does... Just a thought :-)

Well, there's that magic quill that apparently records the name of 
every magical child born- and that's in Hogwarts, not the Ministry.

Also, remember that Ron tried that spell on Scabbers in PS/SS on the 
way to Hogwarts, and (I hope this isn't movie contaminatio) and 
Hermione doing spells before they arrive. Also remember Aunt Marge- 
Harry committed inadvertant magic before, but the Ministry h ad no 
idea. What about the Restriction of Underage Magic?

It would seem that the Ministry is for some reason is unable to exert 
any power on witches and wizards before they arrive at Hogwarts. It's 
not a strecth of the imagination that this reason is because they 
don't have any record of magical children before they arrive at 
Hogwarts.

If Mark Evans' parents are muggles, he may still be a wizard, but 
because he has not been to Hogwarts, the Ministry don't know about 
him.

Roo