wizard geneology

[Chancie]

No: HPFGUIDX 148050

> Susan McGee wrote:
> 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.


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Chancie:


Just wanted to comment a bit.  While you have the POTENTIAL having a
combination
of any 4 genes, you would only get 1 from your mom and 1 from your 
dad.
It's kinda
like a pick and choose situation, not an all for all. If you got all 
your
Parents genes, then
with in a few generations you'd have like 16 genes for only 1 
trait!  JKR
has said that the
magical gene is dominate, so you are either magic or you aren't.  If 
you
have ANY
magical abilities, then you are offered a place at Hogwarts, but 
aren't
forced to attend
obviously.  She has also said the "Magic Gene" is a type of 
Mutation, and
that is why it
can come out of an otherwise Muggle family.  I got this quote from 
JKR's
website.
It was in response to a question about squibs, but I'm sure you will 
see
that it applies
to this as well.

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SQUIBS
I have been asked all sorts of questions about Squibs since I first
introduced the concept in
`Chamber of Secrets'. A Squib is almost the opposite of a Muggle-born
wizard: he or she
  is a non-magical person born to at least one magical parent. 
Squibs are
rare; magic is a
dominant and resilient gene.

Squibs would not be able to attend Hogwarts as students. They are 
often
doomed to a rather
sad kind of half-life (yes, you should be feeling sorry for Filch), 
as
their parentage often means
that they will be exposed to, if not immersed in, the wizarding 
community,
but can never truly
join it. Sometimes they find a way to fit in; Filch has carved 
himself a
niche at Hogwarts and
Arabella Figg operates as Dumbledore's liaison between the magical 
and
Muggle worlds.
Neither of these characters can perform magic (Filch's Kwikspell 
course
never worked), but
they still function within the wizarding world because they have 
access to
certain magical objects
and creatures that can help them (Arabella Figg does a roaring trade 
in
cross-bred cats and
Kneazles, and if you don`t know what a Kneazle is yet, shame on you).
Incidentally, Arabella
Figg never saw the Dementors that attacked Harry and Dudley, but she 
had
enough magical
knowledge to identify correctly the sensations they created in the 
alleyway.


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Chancie:

I hope that helps clear things up a bit.