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"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." Seems to go against the "anybody c (infosec.pub)

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Katie Mosher: How exactly do muggleborns receive magical ability

J.K. Rowling: 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.

http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html

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[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Harry Potter was never about this in the first place.

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Harry Potter was about sex in the bushes (source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).

[–] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

And sex near the lake (sourcev Harry Potter and the half blood prince)