Aunt Petunia & Hogwarts (new theory, long)

[rolshan2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 88314

Hermione978 wrote:
> What are you basing your marriage theory on?

The support for my theory (that Petunia had been previously married 
to a wizard who is prominent in the storyline, perhaps Snape) is :

1. The much discussed fact that she seems to have intimate knowledge 
of the wizarding world.

2. The support in the books that she and Lily are in fact from a 
muggle family and that Harry is not a descendant of a pure wizarding 
family but is half and half like Voldemort (I think this contradicts 
the "squib or descendant of squibs" theory) and the importance of 
that to the theme of the books.

3. The fact that Petunia clearly has a secret and that she is clearly 
being effectively pressured to keep Harry -- perhaps by threat of 
disclosure of that secret, which accordingly must be one to 
completely turn her life upside down.

4. Prominent mentions of the fact that sometimes muggles unknowingly 
marry witches or wizards (Voldemort, Seamus) and that this bit is 
also reinforced in the movie (we hear Seamus explain how his dad 
found out his mom was a witch only after they were married).

5. The following interview q/a "Have any of the Hogwarts professors 
had spouses? Good question - yes, a few of them but that information 
is sort of restricted - you'll find out why". This is from Comic 
Relief live Chat on March 2001.

That is all I have, but think it adds up.... 

ROLSHAN