wizard geneology - Genius or Baloney?

[kelleyaynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 148140


> Chancie:
> 
> And JKR said that 
> Magic is dominate, and Squibs are VERY rare, and that if you have
> any magical abilities, then you are admitted to Hogwarts.  >


Kelleyaynn:

With all due respect to JKR, she doesn't apparently understand 
genetics at all. Magic CANNOT be dominant. If that were so, you 
couldn't get a magical child from muggle parents - at least they would 
be INCREDIBLY rare, even more so than squibs, and that just isn't the 
case. Trying to work out the genetics of magic makes much more sense 
if magic is recessive.