[HPforGrownups] Wizen gene/What is ancient Ancient Magic

[Carolina]

No: HPFGUIDX 80401

Deirdre:
<< has got me musing about a theme in the books that
has consistently appeared but very quietly -- the "Before Time"
when all wizards were pure-blood and practiced another kind of
magic -- ancient magic>>

Please explain that to me, how can you get a starting population of 
pure-blood wizards.

I'm very naive at population genetics, but if magic 'evolved' in 
small changes, you never have a pure-blood population, and if it 
was a mutation, it had to spread, so to mix with muggles first. 
Will you please explain?

Speaking of pureblood and ancient, do you think egyptian wizards had 
already divided the world between pureblood and not?

silmariel