Nineteen years later

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 191620



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, sigurd at ... wrote:
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> Dear Nikkalmati
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> Good points. I think that one thing that must be kept in mind is the virtually to a man everyone in Hogwarts besides the teachers is a child. All of remembers (or should) that we were perfect a**-h****  when were kids. I look at my own misspent life  and wonder A) How I survived, and B) How I avoided landing up in prison.
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> Why I am not still in prison.
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> Besides, being a student of history and seeing the warp and woof of marriage alliances it's entirely in the realm of possibility that some day little Delco Malfoy is going to write home about this really dreamy boy she met called Potter.
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> Otto
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Nikkalmati

Ahem, Ahem.  Speak for yourself. :>)

I don't have a problem imagining that the WW is much bigger than we see in Harry Potter.  After all, if the magical world is hidden, it could be almost any size we want. 

Aside from Ron's comment about most purebloods having intermarried, we see lots of signs that the families have Muggle branches, and sons and daughters who married the wrong sort.  We are told that almost all the purebloods are related, so it would be a good thing to bring in some new blood here and there.  We also see that many of the old families are dying out (except for the Weasleys of course).  Look at the Blacks and the Malfoys, the Dumbledores, and the Princes, for example.   

BTW I wonder how many magical Muggles are wandering around the UK, who never got a letter or whose parents tore it up.  It could be a fair number over the years and, of course, they could have magical children too.

Nikkalmati