Did Aunt Petunia want to be a witch?

Petunia wanted to be a witch: Rowling reveals that, “Petunia had some latent feelings of guilt about the way she had cut Lily (whom she knew, in her secret heart, had always loved her) out of her life.” She also says that Petunia always held out hope that she would show signs of magic “and be spirited off to Hogwarts.”
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Why is Aunt Petunia not a witch?

And here's a Harry Potter theory for you to think about – Petunia Dursley was actually a witch all along. So according to one Tumblr user, Aunt Petunia actually isn't a Muggle but a bitter ol' witch, who suppressed her powers after being rejected by the magical community.
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Did Petunia know Lily was a witch?

Snape, later on, also developed a crush on Lily, which Petunia may have known about or not. If she did, it was likely she was scornful of it. When Lily received a letter from Hogwarts confirming that she was a witch, Petunia wrote to Albus Dumbledore asking if she could also study there too.
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Can Aunt Petunia do magic?

She wrote to Albus Dumbledore as a child

Petunia didn't just keep her magical aspirations to herself, she actually asked Albus Dumbledore if she could join Hogwarts. Unfortunately, as she had no magical ability, the kindly headmaster had to gently rebuff her.
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Did Aunt Petunia want to go to Hogwarts?

The Hogwarts headmaster sent a kindly response to Petunia when she wrote to him as a child, begging to join Hogwarts. After Dumbledore's gentle rejection, 'Tuney' started referring to her sister as a 'freak.
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Why did Dumbledore not let Petunia go to Hogwarts?

Although Dumbledore wrote a reply letter very kindly, which refused her entry on the grounds of her being a Muggle, Petunia still felt left out. This caused Petunia to cut off contact with Lily, her sister and the wizarding world.
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Was Petunia ever nice to Harry?

Petunia never showed any love and affection at all towards Harry because he reminded her of Lily and the wizarding world. She treated him as a waste of space, giving him the cupboard under the stairs at first and making him do all the chores. She, along with Vernon, ignored most of Harry's birthdays.
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What is Aunt Petunia's secret?

In the Harry Potter fandom, Petunia Dursley gives way to much speculation: perhaps there is more to her than what is seen at first glance, that perhaps Petunia is hiding a secret from not only Harry, but her husband and son as well, and I believe that Petunia's deep, dark secret is that she loved her sister Lily.
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Can a Squib have a magical child?

On a rare occasion, non-magical parents (muggles) can produce magical offspring, called muggle-borns. In even rarer cases, some magical parents could have children incapable of magic, known as squibs. Squibs can interact with the magical world, which implies that they have slightly more magical ability than muggles.
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Does Dudley have a magical child?

5 J.K. ROWLING ALMOST GAVE HIM A MAGICAL CHILD

Rowling talked about how she almost gave Dudley a magical child himself. She considered having him be at Platform 9 ¾ during the epilogue. However, she decided not to do so because she thought Vernon's DNA would have killed out any trace of magical blood.
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Who sent remember my last Petunia?

But Aunt Petunia receives a Howler – a special enchanted letter – that says only, "Remember my last, Petunia" (2.217). By the final chapters of Book 5, Harry discovers that this Howler was sent by Professor Dumbledore to remind Aunt Petunia of her oath to give Harry a place to live.
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Was Mrs Figg a Squib?

Mrs. Arabella Doreen Figg was a Squib, a dealer of cross-bred cats and kneazles, and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
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Was Petunia Evans a Squib?

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.
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Did Petunia go to Harry's wedding?

And the Dursleys didn't attend the Potters' marriage ceremony. "[Petunia] and Vernon chose not to attend Lily and James' wedding. The very last piece of correspondence she received from Lily and James was the announcement of Harry's birth, and after one contemptuous look, Petunia threw it in the bin."
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Was Lily Potter a Muggle or witch?

Lily Potter (née Evans) was a Muggle-born witch and Harry's mother. She was born 30 January 1960 and died on 31 October 1981 at age 21. She was quite young, 19 years old, when she became pregnant with Harry, giving birth to him at 20.
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Why did Aunt Petunia let Harry stay?

Probably she thought Harry was her sister's last memory or Lily's last gift or the last responsibility for an Elder sister and she felt pity for what happened to HER YOUNGER SISTER, though Lily was different from Petunia, she had Lily in a little corner of her heart.
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What if two Muggle-borns have a child?

It has nothing to do with genes and is just a construct of wizarding society. So the magical child of two muggle-born would be half-blood and a non-magical chld of two muggle-born a squib.
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Is Neville a Squib?

Neville Longbottom was thought to be a Squib by his relatives because of this, though he proved to be magical. Similarly, Merope Gaunt was called a Squib by her father Marvolo as a slur, due to her poor magical abilities, inhibited by her fear of her father and brother.
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Can Muggles see Obscurials?

Second peice of evidence is the Obscurial attacks, it's completely invisible to the muggles that are present, up until his reveal when we are seeing it through the eyes of a wizard.
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Is Harrys aunt a witch?

Back in 2004, JK Rowling herself teased there might be more to Aunt Petunia in response to a fan question. When asked if Aunt Petunia was a Squib (a non-magical person who is born with at least one magical parent), Rowling replied: 'Good question. No, she is not, she is not a Squib. She is a Muggle.
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Who did Dudley Dursley marry?

Mrs Dursley was the wife of Dudley Dursley: the couple had two children. When her husband's cousin Harry Potter visited them with his family, their children would play while Dudley and Harry sat together quietly.
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How does Aunt Petunia know about Azkaban?

4 She Knew About Dementors

When Vernon sees the state his son is in after a run-in with these creatures, he asks Harry what Dementors are. To everyone's surprise, it's Petunia who answers. She remembers "that awful boy" (meaning James Potter) mentioning Dementors being the guards of Azkaban, the wizard prison.
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Was Aunt Petunia a good person?

Petunia Dursley was no angel. In fact, she was really quite terrible. She was at best negligent of a helpless child and, at worst, cruel to him. Harry Potter committed no crime save being related to Aunt Petunia's sister, and Lily committed no crime (that we know of), save being a witch.
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Did Aunt Petunia try to protect Harry?

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, after Petunia receives a Howler from Dumbledore, she tries to save Harry's life by allowing him to stay at their Privet Drive residence.
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What is the age difference between Lily and Petunia?

Petunia is likely one to two years older than Lily (but possibly as much as five years older)
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