Squibs have genes to do magic?

[staceyv2220]

No: HPFGUIDX 146399

Jen Reese wrote:
> >Thinking about Mrs. Figg or Filch doing spontaneous magic later in 
> >life made me wonder if that's possible. I thought the whole point 
> > of a Squib is that he/she doesn't have magical genes; Even 
> > immersing themselves in the magical world as Filch does, how 
> > could they suddenly perform magic? Magic is supposedly due to a 
> > dominant gene, so it seems like it would be equivalent to 
> > changing your eye-color, but then I have a mental block about 
> > genetics.


In as far as Mrs. Figg or Filch doing magic, they probably can to an 
extent.  It is implied that they can each talk to cats.  Filch 
ordered the book to teach squibs magic, which wouldn't have been 
written at all if it were not possible.  Neville says he is "almost a 
Squib."  And Mrs. Figg's house smells like cabbage, the same smell 
Harry notices at the potion shop in Diagon Alley.  They cannot do big 
magic.  Mrs. Figg states that she cannot "so much as transfigure a 
tea bag," but she is certainly trying her hand at potion making.

SV