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Originally posted by aephi alum
As for Lily and Petunia's family, I believe they are/were all Muggles except for Lily. Petunia knows about the wizarding world because her sister was involved in it - Hermione's parents, who are Muggles, know about the wizarding world for the same reason.
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That could be, however the Grangers know about the wizarding world because of Hermione and probably didn't even know it existed until Hermione got her letter. Petunia, on the other hand, knows information that Harry never told her and I sure would not be able to answer a question about what something is if I had only heard of it 20 years prior (Lily supposedly explaining Dementers to her sister or at least Petunia overhear a discussion of Dementers. . . ). Petunia answered the question before Harry ever did. . . Parents' disappointment (of only having one daughter be a witch) left to simmer over the years leads to one bitter person. . . . Throw some jealousy in there and you have enough bitterness to last years!
A friend and I were debating this theory earlier and I pulled out book 1 to look up what exactly Petunia said in her diatribe about her sister getting herself blown up and it mentions nothing about Lily being the first in the family. . . or the only for that matter (just her parents were proud of having a witch in the family. . . ).
Guess we'll see for sure in the next few years
We have a LOT of families to learn more about!
Sarah