Aunt Petunia & Hogwarts

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88036

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sleepingdragonzz"
<allysmom at w...> wrote:
> I was looking through my copy of the 5th book, and I'm wondering if 
> Aunt Petunia may have been invited to attend Hogwarts with Lily, but 
> refused. She does seem to know a great deal about the magical world, 
> even though she would rather pretend that it didn't exist. Wouldn't 
> it be interesting if Aunt Petunia had some magical powers that she 
> has tried to "squash" out through the years?  As we all know, you 
> can't "squash" out the magical power of someone, even though Uncle 
> Vernon and Aunt Petunia had tried to do so with Harry. Anyone have 
> any thoughts??


We're told very plainly in books one and two that Petunia is a Muggle.
Also JKR has made the point directly in an interview:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/0200-scholastic-chat.htm

Carol