[HPforGrownups] Petunia squib or not? WAS: Re: Random Questions from The Boy Who Lived

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 164949

>
> tthinc:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > JK is the only one who can confirm this but,
> >
> > I believe that our dear sweet Petunia is a squib and the angst
> against
> > her sister is centered around this. That and the fact that she was
> > killed by LV has made her very fearful of the WW.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > Its really a shame that JK is going to end all this in Book 7.
> Like
> > to see more.
> >
> > Cheers, tthinc
>
> Alcuin:
>
> Petunia can't be a squib since her and Lily's parents were Muggles.
> By definiton, a squib is someone born of wizarding parentage yet who
> does not have magical abilities.


montims:

from *J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival,
Sunday, August 15, 2004.*

*Is Aunt Petunia a Squib?*

Good question. No, she is not, but—[Laughter]. No, she is not a Squib. She
is a Muggle, but—[Laughter]. You will have to read the other books. You
might have got the impression that there is a little bit more to Aunt
Petunia than meets the eye, and you will find out what it is. She is not a
squib, although that is a very good guess. Oh, I am giving a lot away here.
I am being shockingly indiscreet.


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