blood types, Dudley

[thekrenz]

No: HPFGUIDX 108928

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Michal <yahoogroups at c...> wrote:

>      Heritage |  100% Wizard |  Mixed      |  100% Muggle
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Ability      |
>      Magical  |  pureblood   |  half-blood |  muggle-born
>      Squashed |              |  Dudley?    |
>      No Magic |  squib       |  muggle?    |  muggle
> 
> The matrix puts heritage against usage. I don't think anyone should argue 
> with the three types of heritage listed, but Squashed Ability is another 
> story. I put it here because I suspect Lily's family had wizards in it 
> other than her and I also suspect that Dudley is a wizard who's been 
> "squashed" (he felt the dementors after all). And while we haven't run 
> across any, there must be wizards who have denied their heritage/skill and 
> refused to use it or who were never allowed to use it. 



Cyndi asks;
What about Seamus's mother? Didn't he say something in PS along the 
lines of "My dad's a muggle and mom's a witch.  Nasty shock for him 
when he found out."

This leads me to believe that Seamus's dad had no idea his wife was a 
witch.  She either denied her heritage, or "squashed" it, but she had 
not openly used magic for at least 11 or 12 years.

By the way, did you intentionally choose the word "squashed" because 
it was so similar to "squib", or was that a very happy accident? <G>