Dumbledore's Magnaminity

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 143113

 
> Geoff:
> But PJ's comment isn't considering the question of Harry and 
> Hogwarts, rather the question of whether Petunia knew that Harry 
was 
> a wizard or not.
> 
> I've already quoted canon for that, but here goes again....
> 
> '"We swore when we took him in we'd put a stop to that rubbish," 
said 
> Uncle Vernon, "swore we'd stamp it out of him! Wizard indeed!"'
> 
> (PS "The Keeper of the Keys" pp.43-44 UK edition)
> 
> I think that makes it as plain as possible that the Dursleys knew 
> what Harry was.

And how can you know whether a baby is a wizard or not, until he or 
she shows accidental magic?  Only if you have an access to the 
Hogwarts registry. Of course with her dratted sister being what 
she'd been and her brother-in-law a wizard it was a safe bet, but 
unless Dumbledore specifically mentioned it in the letter, she could 
not know it FOR SURE that morning.  That's what I've been saying all 
along and I don't see how it contradicts canon. Or do you think that 
Harry's question meant "did you know that I was a wizard that 
morning when you took me in?" In PS he didn't know enough of his own 
history to work that one out.

a_svirn