Re: Lily’s grandparents -Squib Defined.

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 110071

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Tyler:

what about the Magical Quill that writes all the magical 
babies' names in the book at Hogwarts so they can be contacted on 
their 11th birthdays?  Even if the magical talent were latent longer 
than typical, wouldn't the quill be aware of "latency" since 
presumably the babies all grow into their talents anyway?  We've 
seen that students' abilities grow as they mature, and I assume it's 
not only due to training, but also to a maturation in magic 
ability.  

Just how "latent" would a baby's magic have to be to escape the 
Quill, yet produce a wizard?

Meltowne:

Just because Harry's name was recorded as soon as he was born doesn't 
mean all babies are.  I suspect the quill doesn't record the names 
until they show magical ability.  Remember Neville's family wasn't 
sure he had any magical ability - if his name had been recorded at 
birth, why would they worry about whether he would get into Hogwarts?

I think Dudley's name is a red herring - he really is a dud, but not 
the one who will developer late blooming talent.

I do think the Evans family had wizarding ancestors, but don't know 
how many generations back.  Remember the only information we really 
have about Lily is from 2 sources - Snape's memory and what Petunia 
tells Harry.  Petunia knows too much about the wizarding world to not 
have grown up in it.  Perhaps someone in the family spent some time 
in Azkaban, and leter had the memory of how to cast spells 
obliviated.  I would assume there must be a way of supressing 
someone's spellcasting ability, or what do they do with muggleborns 
whose parents don't want to send to Hogwarts?  They won't have anyone 
to teach them magic, and could be a real danger.  If there were such 
a family member, perhaps the rest of the family decided to live among 
the muggles in order to stay together.

Or perhaps there were family members in hiding - whoever they were 
hiding from was in Azkaban at some point.  What better place to hide 
than to pretend to be a muggle; marry a muggle.  Maybe Lily was a 
halfblood, but knew to correct Snape was to bring attention (and 
harm) to the rest of the family - better to let Snape think she's a 
mudblood.