[HPforGrownups] Albino Malfoys? (was The Weasleys' Muggle Cousin)

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 144310

 
In a message dated 12/7/2005 8:02:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nonnymouse_X at hotmail.com writes:

Do you  think the Malfoys are albinos? They are always described 
as very pale and  white-blond, and Draco is a white ferret when  
transformed.


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Sherrie here:
 
It's been a while since I studied genetics, but IIRC human albinos  generally 
have a distinct sensitivity to sunlight, as well as a host of visual  
problems including a lack of stereo vision.  Both of these would make it  impossible 
for Draco to be even marginally effective as a Seeker, IMHO.
 
Sherrie  
"Some kid a hundred years from now is going to get interested in  the Civil 
War and want to see these places. He's going to go down there and be  standing 
in a parking lot. I'm fighting for that kid." - Brian Pohanka, 1990 



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