The Genetics of Magical People

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 173815

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Milz" <absinthe at ...> wrote:
>
> From the Bloomsbury chat:
> 
> "How exactly do muggleborns receive magical ability?
> JKR: Muggle-borns will have a witch or wizard somewhere on their 
family 
> tree, in some cases many, many generations back. The gene re-surfaces 
> in some unexpected places."
> 
> So on the surface, the magical gene appears to be a recessive gene.
> 
> Milz
>
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Katie:
Hmmm...I don't love this explanation. So, basically, that means that 
magic does have to do with blood and genetics. That's fine, and 
obviously now it is canon, but I always liked to think of magical 
ability as being bestowed upon those who could see the world 
differently. Not necessarily always good people (obviously!), but on 
people who were not so mundane...I guess I got that because Muggles 
always are referred to as sort of clueless and unable to see the 
magical things in the world. I am sort of bummed out that it's all just 
a quirk in a chromosome. Katie