Does Petunia register as a squib to the Muggle-repelling charms?
Good question. I said above that, by canon standards, Petunia would not be considered a Squib. So any spells that refer to the Wizarding community's standards of what is a Muggle would treat her as a Muggle.
But she's probably (2:1 odds) heterozygous, so any spells that look at the genes should treat her as a Squib. The spells may work on the genes without the Wizards who developed that spell actually realising that this is the mechanism; that's the interesting part.
The narration seems to imply that the blood hypothesis is true, but this later turned out to be false.
I missed something; what turned out to be false?
I missed something; what turned out to be false?
The blood hypothesis turned out to be false.
ETA: There is now a third thread, so send new comments there.
Since the first thread has exceeded 500 comments, it seems time for a new one, with Eliezer's just-posted Chapter 33 & 34 to kick things off.
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