Petunia

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 114119

 "Chris replied to Hester's idea of one of Lily's parents being a 
squib thusly:"

DuffyPoo:
Sorry, I missed the original posting of this but hasn't JKR cleared this up already in the most recent round of questions on the website?  "Therefore Harry would be considered only "half wizard" because of his mother's grandparents."  The grandparents are Muggles, that would make their children (Lily's parents) either Muggles or Muggle-born magical.  They must both be Muggles or why would Lily be called Muggle-born and Mudblood?  Snape called her a Mudblood.  James agreed that she was when he said he would never call her that.  

During the Edinburgh Book Festival Q&A JKR states the following, regarding Petunia: "No, she is not a Squib. She is a Muggle, but..." then she trails off onto some other tangent.  She is a *Muggle* according to JKR.  Straight out of her own lips.  A "Muggle* but.....but she is going to grab HP's wand to protect herself/Dudley/Vernon/HP during the upcoming summer and magic is going to come out of the wand!  She will be the one who gets to do magic 'late in life' and it will be a one of situation.  JMO.

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