Magical Late Bloomer

[lolita_ns]

No: HPFGUIDX 151247

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, catherine higgins 
<saberbunny at ...> wrote:
>   JKR states on her website that Aunt Petunia will not demonstrate 
magical abilities, but you're also right that JKR is hiding 
something about Petunia. If she's not a squib or a muggle or a 
witch, then what is there left?
>

Lolita now:

Maybe Petunia & Lily's parents were both squibs? Then it would be 
reasonable that 'they were thrilled to have a witch in the family', 
as Petunia told us in PS. And it would explain her knowledge of some 
things connected to the wizarding world. And, since squibs can see 
some of the things connected to the Wizarding world, as opposed to 
Muggles (Hogwarts*,, for instance - Rowling said sth along the lines 
that a muggle would only see a decrepit old building if they were 
standing in front of it; Squibs, OTOH, can see it & enter it - e.g. 
Filch), it would mean that the Evanses & Lily shared sth, and 
Petunia was completely excluded, since she is a Muggle. No wonder 
she is so resentful about the wizarding world.

* I'm not saying that the Evanses, at any point in their lives, saw 
Hogwarts. I'm just stating it as an example of a part of the 
wizarding world that squibs are aware of.

Cheers,
Lolita