Dudley: Muggle or Wizard?

[Leon Adato]

No: HPFGUIDX 134768

First, a long time ago in an interview, JKR mentioned that someone
does perform magic very late in life, but that it was quite rare. It's
already been speculated that this late bloomer could be Dudley or even
Petunia.

On jkrowling.com (I think, otherwise it's the latest Mugglenet/Leaky
Cauldron interview), she answers the question about why Dumbledore's
howler said "remember my last" instead of "remember my letter" -
alluding to the fact that there has been more than 1 letter to Petunia
 (the original note that came with Harry). 

So my money is on Dudley being a wizard, and that factoring into the
storyline in book 7.

Leon

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Boolean" <j.balfour at l...> wrote:
> Boolean:
> One thing struck me when reading Chapter 3 of HBP again, which I hadn't 
> properly picked up on the first time is what Dumbledore says to Petunia 
> and Vernon about Dudley. 
> 
> Unfortunately I'm at work and don't have the exact quote to hand (if 
> someone could oblige...!?) but he is admonishing the Dursleys for not 
> treating Harry as though he were their own. He then says something 
> along the lines of, mind you, look how badly you've treated Dudley. On 
> reading it for the first time I just assumed he was referring to his 
> being spoilt rotten, but then I noticed that Petunia was reacting 
> strangely and this led me to wonder if, in their all-consuming fear of 
> all things magical, Dudley hadn't shown signs of wizardry in his early 
> years which were covered up. Is it even feasible that they got a letter 
> inviting Dudley to Hogwarts? 
> 
> I admit that it seems unlikely, I just thought DD's comment was rather 
> cryptic...and although there's only 1 book left to go I am still 
> holding out hope that one of the Dursleys will turn out to have magical 
> qualities!