Hagrid's potential off-spring (was re: Hagrid's parents)

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 110768

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "caspenzoe" <cruthw at e...> wrote:

> Let's take it a step further:
> 
> What do the laws of genetics say about the potential products of a 
> Hagrid/Mme Maxime pairing? Assuming that both Hagred and Maxime are 
> 1/2 giant, couldn't this produce some purely genetically giant off-
> spring, as well as some purely genetically human off-spring, and/or 
> any combination in between?

The answer may be "None". the product of a horse and donkey's mating
is a mule. While perfectly capable animal otherwise, it is generally
sterile.

As for the logistics of giant/human mating... Well, without getting
too graphic here, who says that the giants' sexual organs and
offsprings must be proportionally gigantic? For all we know they could
be human sized in these departments... :-)

Salit