Dursleys and Memory Charms

[dk59us]

No: HPFGUIDX 88929

Sigune wrote:
> Does the secrecy that surrounds the magical 
> community mean that these witches and wizards-to-be and their 
> families have to lie all the time, just like the Dursleys do? And 
> does the Muggle-born witch or wizard simply disappear from the
> Muggle community without their Muggle family asking questions?

 
Sigune,

This is the sort of question that was in the back of my mind when I
started the thread.  To what extent is the treatment of the Dursleys
special due to their relationship to Harry Potter, and to what extent
is it the same as the treatment of all other muggles with a magical
child or ward?

Even with the Dursleys, I can imagine a possible scenario in which
Dudley, who we already know is embarrassed to be called "ickle
Diddykins" or some such thing by his mother, might "out" the family
connection to magic in a fit of adolescent pique.  Normally I know he
would probably be just as mortified as Vernon and Petunia for this to
be revealed, but he has always been given to tantrums and hasn't often
shown any ability to work out the long-term implications of his
behavior, so I could see him flying into a rage at some point and
blurting out that his mother's sister was a witch...or that his cousin
magically inflated his dad's sister.  Although his parents would be
horrified, of course there's little chance that this would be taken
seriously by anyone else, so maybe it would of no consequence.

I do have to get hold of a copy of "Why Muggles Prefer Not to Know"
sometime...can't find it on Amazon.

Regards

Eustace_Scrubb