Did Umbridge know Filch was a Squib?

Yet Umbridge did not seem to know he was one. "Don't stun them, Filch!" shouted Umbridge angrily, for all the world as though it had been his incantation. "Right you are, Headmistress!" wheezed Filch, who as a Squib could no more have Stunned the fireworks than swallowed them.
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Is Dolores Umbridge a Squib?

Dolores Umbridge was the first child of a wizard named Orford Umbridge and a Muggle named Ellen Cracknell. Her younger brother was a Squib, but Dolores was a witch.
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Can Squibs see Hogwarts?

Squib is born to witch and wizard parents who give child up for adoption in muggle world. Child grows up not knowing about the wizarding world. Child becomes adult who is out one day with a hunting party. Squib is the only one to see it and peers think they are crazy.
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How did Harry find out Filch was a Squib?

Weaknesses. Argus Filch is a Squib, a child of wizard parents who has the inability to use magic. Harry discovers this in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when he spies Filch's "Kwikspell" letter, although he does not understand what that means until Filch says in front of him and Ron, "He knows I'm...
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Is Filtch a Squib?

As it turns out, Filch is a Squib, and has been partaking in a 'Kwikspell' course: a set of magical lessons for wizarding beginners. It's doubtful, however, that he had much luck with it.
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Is Filch professor McGonagall's son?

The answer is: NO.
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Was Petunia a Squib?

The fan asked the author if Aunt Petunia was a Squib (a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent) and Rowling replied: "Good question. No, she is not, she is not a Squib. She is a Muggle.
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Can two Squibs have a magical child?

And, conversely, the likelihood that the kid would also be a squib? I don't know the odds, but I'd say it's possible for 2 squibs to have a magical child since it can happen with 2 muggles.
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Can a pure-blood be a Squib?

Squibs are born into half-blood/pure-blood families but do not possess the power to use magic (though they would be carriers of the gene). Half-breeds are half-bloods/pure-bloods with a non-human ancestor. Muggles can become related and produce half-blood children when mixed with half-bloods/pure-bloods.
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Was Neville a Squib?

Neville Longbottom was thought to be a Squib by his relatives, leading his great-uncle Algie to put him in various potentially dangerous situations hoping to "force out some magic" from him.
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Is Gilderoy Lockhart a Squib?

Gilderoy Lockhart is not a Squib - he just is not a very accomplished wizard. He was in Ravenclaw House, so I think that the Headmaster would have noticed if he was a Squib.
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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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Did Umbridge know the locket was a Horcrux?

So Umbridge acquires the locket as a bribe from Mundungus Fletcher, and though it once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, Merope Gaunt, and Hepzibah Smith, Umbridge is unaware that the locket is one of Lord Vodemort's Horcruxes - or that it belonged to him at all.
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What is Umbridge's Patronus?

Dolores Umbridge also produces a Patronus in the shape of a cat. Umbridge uses her Patronus to keep the Ministry of Magic's Dementors in check. Warner Bros. While Umbridge is an objectively hateful woman, she is also a skilled witch.
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Is Jacob in Fantastic Beasts a Squib?

If Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore reveals that Jacob is a Squib, this will explain why he has been allowed to become increasingly involved in the Wizarding World and could hint at a future still ahead for him and Queenie.
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What happens if pureblood marries Squib?

Pure-blood + pure-blood = pure-blood. Even if one of them is a squib. For example, if a pure-blood squib Marius Black[1] had married a pure-blood witch, their children would have been a pure-blood as well.
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Why did Bellatrix call Harry a half-blood?

Harry is a half-blood, like the half-blood prince, because his mother was a muggleborn (aka a mud-blood). In the wizarding world there are: purebloods: those with wizard parents and grandparents. muggleborns: those with muggle parents and grandparents.
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Is Dumbledore related to Godric Gryffindor?

Why Albus Dumbledore is a descendant of Godric Gryffindor : r/harrypotter.
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Can a Muggle-born be in Slytherin?

So they asked Harry what his house was. He said Slytherin, and, since he could describe Slytherin's common room, they believed him. And from that moment on, they accept that he's not a Muggle-born on the run. Cause for them, being a Slytherin is not compatible with being a Muggle-born.
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Can Muggles do magic with a wand?

Although he couldn't necessarily cast spells, his use of the wand produced a powerful enough blast that it "kicked like a mule" when waved. This further suggests that, within the world of Harry Potter, Muggles can use wands and access magic.
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Can Muggles ride broomsticks?

Wands and brooms (and flying cars) are tools that channel magic. Thus the same way that Muggles cannot use wands to perform magic, they wouldn't be able to use brooms to fly.
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What did Aunt Petunia's howler mean?

This howler was written by Albus Dumbledore to Petunia Dursley on 2 August, 1995, to remind her "of the pact she had sealed by taking Harry Potter" into her home. This howler ensured Harry Potter continued to reside at the Dursley residence.
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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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