Support for parents of Muggleborns; Magic late in life

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 158112

Ceridwen:

"Though, I would suggest that if Petunia and Vernon were supported by 
the WW, perhaps the abuse would not have happened. I'm only saying 
perhaps, because we can't know. But knowing that they had some 
recourse when Harry displayed accidental magic might have relieved 
stress, which also contributes to abusive situations, if I recall 
correctly. And knowing that someone would be around to check and 
have 'Tea with Petunia' (who said that? love it, sounds like an 
afternoon gossip program on TV!) would curtail some more overt 
abuses, too, in my opinion."

BAW:
How do we know that there isn't such a system?  Hermione's parents 
don't seem to be phased.  Perhaps the Dursleys are a special case; 
perhaps one of the conditions on which Petunia accepted him was that 
there be NO contact with the Wizardling world until it was time for 
Harry to go to Hogwarts.

The fact is that there is a great deal about the Wizarding world 
that we don't know; JKR has not seen fit to tell us because it has 
not been relevant to the plot.

Tonks:
"Someone "late in life" could be a teenager too old to begin at 
Hogwarts. It could be Dudley.

Another reason to suspect Dudley is that Petunia is his mother and 
Magic does run in her family as a dormant gene or something. "

BAW:
JKR has said that it will NOT be either Dudley or Petunia.  
Personally, I think it will be Uncle Vernon, if only because it 
would be a huge kick in the pants for him.  Imagine him carefully 
interrogating Dudley's girlfriends to try to find out if they have 
any Wizardling blood without actually asking in so many words!  The 
girls would probably think that he was a total nut case and run 
fast and far.