Petunia not a squib but...

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Maria said:

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> So here is my Theory:
> 
> Part 1 - Squibs that are born of Muggle parents are not called Squibs, 
> but something else. Let us call them Mibs for now. We can change that 
> later. They are a closer to muggles than to Squibs. They might never 
> know they have a bit of magical blood, but could be aware of strange 
> things happening to them "as if by magic". However, if in contact with 
> a magical person, they might reach some understanding of what the 
> strange things happening are and realize their condition of Mibs. Like 
> Squibs, they might be able to interact with Kneazles, do some very 
> simple magic (KwikSpell) or see Dementors. However, most of them do 
> not know what these are, unless they are aware of the wizarding world.
> 
> Part 2 - Petunia is a Mib. This might explain why JK Rowling said that 
> Petunia is not a Squib but... If Squibs are rare, Mibs are even rarer. 
> They are basically Muggles. She would have lived completely unaware of 
> magic if it wasn't because her sister was fully magical. It gives her a 
> big reason to be bitter at Lily. Also explains why she knows about 
> Dementors... she could have seen them, not only heard about them.
> 
> Now, anyone ones to give their point of view on this pet theory of mine?



No matter how accurate this turns out to be, I like this theory a 
lot.  To expand a little, what if Dumbledore told Petunia he knows 
what she is, and that by taking Harry in, he'll promise to keep it 
under wraps?  Perhaps Mibs are looked even more unkindly upon than 
Squibs, and perhaps Dumbledore hinted that Petunia could potentially 
face a lot of...problems...should it come out in the WW.  Also, it's 
pretty much a given that she'd want to keep her Mib status from 
Vernon and the neighbors. 

Granted, this makes Dumbledore a bit of a blackmailer (not sure how 
someone is a BIT of a blackmailer, but there you go), which I don't 
like, but I think we've seen Dumbledore was wise enough to have a 
little leverage/collateral, as the Howler indicated, so that Petunia 
wouldn't suddenly decide, as Vernon had in OotP, that she wanted no 
magic whatsoever in her life anymore.

Whatever Petunia DOES turn out to be, I'm quite sure it's not going 
to be something that drastically alters the story - just something 
like the above that makes us go "Oh...well, that explains a bit".

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