[HPforGrownups] Re: Mark Evans

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 85989

At 17:49 27-11-03 +0000, you wrote:

>   In book 5 Mark Evans is 10 years old, so if he IS a Wizard (or a
>would-be wizard) the Ministry does not have a record of him, I read
>in an interview with Rowling that there is a book with a magical
>Quill that writes the name of new wizards, and once a year (before
>the beggining of class) Prof. McGonalgal checks the book and sends
>owls to everyname that is writen there...


Q: How can two Muggles have a kid with magical powers? Also
    how does the Ministry of Magic find out these kids have
    powers?
A: It's the same as two black-haired people producing a redheaded
    child. Sometimes these things just happen, and no one really
    knows why! The Ministry of Magic doesn't find out which
    children are magic. In Hogwarts there's a magical quill which
    detects the birth of a magical child, and writes his or her
    name down in a large parchment book. Every year Professor
    McGonagall checks the book, and sends owls to the people who
    are turning 11.

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