To the Extreme

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 165143

"zgirnius:
I don't see why this would be. It is certainly not the case in the real world. My father's hair is black, my mother's is brown. I and my 
sisters inherited our traits, including our hair color, from our 
parents. One of my sisters has blond hair-no similarity to her parents in this regard. 

However, I would guess a Squib might be more likely to have a magical 
child than a random Muggle would."


My theory is that there are two sets of genes involved in being a wizard.  One set allows one to sense magical energies, the other one allows one to manipulate one.  Squibs have only one or the other.  If you shake a Muggleborn's family tree hard enough, a Squib or two will fall out.  Remember the 18th C. potioner Slughorn mentioned whose last name was "Granger"?  I don't think it's unlikely that he had a Squib son who was Hermione's great-great-grandfather or something like that.  (And if Mrs. Granger's maiden name turned out to be "Black" or "Malfoy" or "LeStrange". . . . .)


Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in heart."--Iris Murdoch



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