A Thought About Petunia Dursley (Harry's Aunt)

[Norma Jean]

No: HPFGUIDX 161158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rashi" <tenorone2000 at ...>
wrote:
> However, what puzzles me is Petunia behaves very much like a
> Squib, the offspring of a Witch and Wizard who has no powers. We
> know that Lily was muggle-born as it has been stated several times
> throughout the novels. Yet, in the first book and in the first
> movie, when young Harry and the Dursleys met
> Hagrid for the first time and Petunia admitted in her monologue the
> family's well-kept secret, she stated that her parents, "were so
proud
> that her sister got her letter". Why would they have been proud?
Were
> they wizards as well? Petunia was versed in wizardry as we saw in
Order
> of the Phoenix.  Could it be that Petunia was indeed a squib??



 That's something I don't quite understand. I'm sure Lily's parents
are actually muggles with some awarness of the Wizarding world - but
how. I wonder the same about Hermione's family. She has also said
how proud they are of her nature and accomplishments but how did
they even understand what she is when she first heard from Hogwarts?
The only thing that I can think of is that the letter come with a
spell that allows understanding for the muggle who reads it (or at
least the parents of the witch or wizard that it is regarding). I
mean, if I got a letter like that about my son I would think it was
a prank. There would have to something there to help me believe that
this is real.
So, I really do think Petunia is a muggle, not a squib. But I think
her and Lily may have been very close at one time and she could have
picked some knowledge up through sisterly conversation.

NJ