Petunia's birthday - February 29?

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No: HPFGUIDX 125360


Karen Cleary wrote:

> 
> 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


That would be interesting, indeed.  If Petunia does prove to 
be "magical", perhaps the Evans family is pureblood.  So, if the 
Potters and the Evans are pureblood wizards, that would mean Harry 
is also pureblood.  

What's interesting is that Voldemort marked Harry as an equal.  Many 
assume it is because he is thought to be a half-blood like 
Voldemort/Tom Riddle.  What if this "Harry is the savior of the 
wizarding world" is a bit of a diversion?  What I'm trying to say is 
that maybe Neville is the actual one who will thwart Voldemort. In 
order to keep Neville safe, Harry is being used in order to throw 
Voldemort off track.  By keeping Harry's pureblood status a secret, 
it gave Voldemort the illusion that Harry is just like him, thus he 
possibly made a mistake by choosing to "mark" Harry and is now 
concentrating his efforts on eliminating that boy, instead of the 
real wizard savior - Neville Longbottom.  

Deb