wizard geneology

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 148048

Okay, so my partner and I have figured out genetic theory in the  Potterverse.
 
Let's call the gene M for Magick. In order to be a witch/wizard you must  
have one Magick gene. 
 
You can have one to four Magick genes....1 - 2 from each parent. The more  
Magick genes you have the more potentially powerful a witch or wizard.
 
A bunch of Muggles have one M gene, but never figure it out because they  
have Muggle parents, and their magic is not very strong so it doesn't manifest  
itself on its own. They never get a wand, and without a wand and training never 
 do magic. If they marry someone with 1 M, they are more likely to have a 
child  with 2 Ms, whose magic might manifest itself so that they get picked for  
Hogwarts, and get training.
 
If you DO have parents who are a witch or a wizard and one Magick gene, you  
will be a witch or wizard, albeit not a very powerful one...because you will 
get  a wand and have training.
 
You can have witch/wizard parents who have 1 - 3 M genes each..if you  get 
the fourth blank from each of them you'll be a Squib. Squibs are pretty rare  
because most kids of witches/wizards will end up with at least one M.
 
Witches/wizards who are very powerful usually have more Magick genes, and  
their magic manifests itself without their control (Colin Creevy, Harry, Tom  
Riddle, etc have magic that acts of its own accord.) All the Weasley kids are  
doing magic from early childhood.
 
There is also a Catalyst gene, called C, which is separate.  You need  two Cs 
for it to work. If you have 2Cs, it serves as a catalyst for the other  magic 
genes you have -- strengthening them... 
 
It explains witches like Lily Evans and Hermione Granger. They have 1 or  two 
Magic genes...one from each of their  parents.....who never  knew they had 
the gene...(Lily might have gotten one from each of her parents,  while Petunia 
didn't get any...or maybe Petunia did get ONE .who  knows...) Lily had the two 
catalyst genes, however, which is a gene that only  works if you get one each 
from each parent (so their parents Catalyst gene did  not act on their own M 
genes, but did with Lily). Petunia did not get those  genes. So we have Lily 
who turns out to be a very powerful witch. 
 
Someone like Albus Dumbledore probably has 3- 4 Ms, and the catalyst  genes, 
AND an amazing amount of intelligence and wisdom...his brother might have  the 
3Ms, but no catalyst gene..after all being a witch/wizard doesn't make you  
smart...Crabbe and Goyle Senior and Junior are examples...
 
Tom Riddle probably has 3Ms (assuming one from his father), the Catalyst  
genes, and a ton of intelligence, ruthlessness, and ambition. 
 
BTW, we think Neville didn't really want to be a wizard and suffer the same  
fate as his parents, and he was using a wand not his own, and his lack of 
memory  came from traumatic focus on his parents' fate..
 
Susan McGee
(who should have been cast as Arabella Figg in the movie)
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