Petunia's birthday - February 29?

[Karen Cleary]

No: HPFGUIDX 125349

First, a little background music:
http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/html/p19.html

This is going out on a limb, I know: I think Petunia's birthday is February
29th, and that she'll be receiving a Hogwart's letter when she reaches
her eleventh birthday - which will occur when she is 44 years old.

In the FAQ section of her web site JKR states (emphasis added):
"Everyone who shows magical ability before their *eleventh birthday*
will automatically gain a place at Hogwarts." Of course, anyone born
on leap day - February 29 - only has a birthday every four
years, so it takes awhile for those eleven birthdays to roll by. JKR
has said that some character will discover magic late in life - not
that I'm all that keen on considering one's mid-forties to qualify as
"late in life", myself. :-|

Petunia's the obvious candidate for the leap day birthday; we know
something is unusual in her relations with the magical world and that
she is "not a witch, but..." She is conceivably the right age. As
for whether or not she's aware of her status as a potential candidate
for Hogwarts, I'm not sure. She may be desparately repressing any sign
of magical ability in an attempt to avoid receiving the letter, but
she has right of refusal to the invitation, so although it certainly
appears that Dumbledore is holding something over her head, I'm not so
sure it has anything to do with attending Hogwarts.

OK, so the canon's a bit thin, but it's got good filk potential, so
there. :-P

Karen, who is happily rediscovering this list after being swept away in 
the post-OotP torrent