The Dudley Theory

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92857

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "armadillof" <armadillof at y...>
wrote:
> Honey wrote:
> > The episode in the alley
> > could be supportive of the "magical Dudley" theory.
> 
> I think it's much more likely Dudley is a squib.  Otherwise he would 
> have likely been able to get rid of the pig-tail himself by sheer 
> emotion....not to forget the ton-tongue toffee!
> 
> AF


Dudley can't be a Squib and neither can Petunia because a Squib is, by
JKR's own definition, the nonmagical child of magical parents.
Dudley's parents are Muggles and so were Petunia's (note all the
references to Lily as a Muggle-born or "mudblood" and to Harry as a
half-blood). Note also the references in every book to all three
Dursleys as Muggles.

Carol, who wishes she had time to quote all the canonical evidence
against any magical member of the Dursley family