Seventh month Dudley

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 89664

>Jennifer Palmares wrote:
> <snip> Dudley and Aunt Petunia must be squibs.  I've also been 
>thinking about the prophecy lately, and what it says about a child 
>being born in the seventh month.  Wasn't Dudley also born in July?  
> <snip>


Mandy here:

Petunia and Dudley cannot be squibs, as the story stands now.

A squib is the non-magical child of magical parents or parent.  So 
unless you subscribe to the theory that Petunia is a witch in hiding, 
Dudley cannot be a squib.  

As for Petunia, we believe, (so far) that Lily is a Muggle-born 
witch. Both Voldemort and Snape refer to her as a 'Mudblood.'  So 
their parents were Muggles that means that Petunia, again, cannot be 
a squib.

Of course things can change.  There are hints that Petunia could 
really be a witch, and that Lily and Petunia's parents could not be 
who we think they are, etc.  But until we know otherwise it is 
physically impossible for Petunia and her son Dudley to be squibs.

I do like the idea that Dudley might be born in July.  If it turns 
out the Petunia and her parents are not who they appear to be, 
Dudley's birthday could be significant.  

However don't you think Dumbledore would have mentioned a third birth 
in July if that birth had fit the prophecy?

Cheers, Mandy