[HPforGrownups] Raised by Muggles

[Michelle Law]

No: HPFGUIDX 175277


Carolyn:
>I imagine that just as Hagrid was sent to escort Harry, another >escort was
>sent for Hermione and any others who wouldn't have knowledge or >experience
>with Diagon Alley. We don't hear about it because we don't meet >Hermione
>until the train, but it makes sense to me.


   
this is Michelle (a newbie) again:
  It is quite possible that Hermione, like Lily and Harry, also exhibited "magical" qualities pre-Hogwarts, and that when the letter arrived those muggle parents (not the Dursleys, of course) may have hit themselves on the forehead and said "That (the letter) explains all the weird sh-tuff that has been going on with this kid for the last 11 years!"
  Off topic one moment: 
  As to muggleborns vs. pure-bloods:
  It seems to me that anyone born of two magical humans (especially 2 "pure-
bloods) would be more likely to be magical than not.  In other words, big hairy deal that Draco (for instance) is a wizard--the amazing thing would be
if he were not!  Therefore to be muggleborn should mean even MORE to the wizarding community, since muggleborns didn't get their magic genitically but had to come up with the magic "capacity/potential" on their own.
  Since Slytherin House accepted half-bloods (examples: Snape and Riddle) but not muggleborns (refute me if I'm wrong, but McGonaggle, in COS, told how Slytherin wanted to "be more selective about the students allowed in to Hogwarts"), I wonder if the half-bloods felt they had to "out pure-blood" the pure-bloods in regard to exhibiting extreme prejudice against muggleborns, as proof of their worthiness to belong to Slytherin House.
  Michelle, wondering if we can't  just all get along, united as HP fans.