Is Petunia Really Muggle?

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No: HPFGUIDX 102961

The Sergeant Majorette says
> 
> We are "repeatedly told" a lot of stuff that turns out not to be 
the 
> case, whether it be red herrings, mistaken POV, or deliberate 
lies. I 
> hear Petunia's complaint more like "*Finally* we manage to produce 
a 
> witch! Won't everybody at the next Slytherin Squib family reunion 
be 
> absolutely *green*!"
> 
> My sense is that JKR shares my feeling that this "bloodline" thing 
is 
> a non-issue, and we may see that magic is a perfectly natural 
human 
> trait that everyone has to a greater or lesser degree and which 
> responds to nurture, like the ability to dance or play basketball.



Hello! This is my first post. Hopefully it won't be my last.

I don't believe JKR would make a non-issue out of the bloodline 
stuff, because that might remove the theme of racism without ever 
really settling it. I think Harry /has/ to be a halfblood for so 
much of the previous books for work; otherwise it might come off a 
bit hypocritical and contrived.

My pet theory is that Petunia herself attended Hogwarts, but left 
early or something like that. I'd like to think that she and Lily 
both were Muggle-born with magical ability, but where Lily used 
hers, Petunia disguised and was ashamed of it (perhaps to fit in 
better with the Muggle world?) It would certainly explain a lot 
about Petunia's knowledge and attitude; maybe it would explain how 
she knew Dumbledore?  

A fairly farfetched theory, but then again I've seen a lot of posts 
about ESE!Lupin <cries>...

Katie