I mean it would make sense if they couldn't but, how could the barrier tell the difference between a muggle born wizard and a normal muggle because i'm guessing people would tend to lean on the big pillars, and kids would fall on them..
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Suppose someone from "Harry's world" married a Muggle, and they want to escort their child. Can the Muggle parent get through to the Hogwarts platform?
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In the Harry Potter universe, if you're dating a Muggle, how long do you have to wait before the Ministry of Magic will let you disclose you're a witch or wizard without consequence?  Follow up, related questions   Would they have to get their memory wiped if you broke up? How would that work if there were kids involved?  Do the kids have to keep magic a secret from the oblivious parent or are they just sworn to secrecy?    ...It's hard to believe that no Muggle has ever tried to gain custody by telling the court his ex-wife is a witch.
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As part of my digging into heritability of magic, I am trying to see if there's any difference between the chances of being a wizard with one Muggle parent if your mother vs. your father was a Muggle.  As far as I know, JKR didn't cover that explicitly, but we can at least make a guess based on statistics.  As such: Of all the half-Muggles mentioned by JKR (books, supplemental books, interviews, Pottermore) where we know who was a Muggle among parents, how many were Muggle fathers vs Muggle mothers?  To avoid creating an endless list of answers, if you can think of another example that wasn't tallied before, please edit it into an existing answer.  NOTE: this question uses "half-Muggles" instead of JKR's term "half-blood" because I only care about kids whose one parent was a Muggle; whereas in Potterverse, the "half-blood" term also applies to those whose second parent was Muggle-born magic user (such as Harry Potter).
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I just finished The Goblet of Fire for the fourth time, but this time I read it while watching out for "Professor Moody"s behavior during school. One piece that stands out is the Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson where Barty Crouch Jr. shows all of the students the Unforgiveable Curses.   This alone wouldn't be weird, as we know it was important that Barty played the eccentric/paranoid character of Mad-Eye well. However, he makes it a point during the lesson to continue using the Imperius Curse on Harry until Harry can resist it. Ignoring the fact that Harry learned to resist one of the most dangerous curses in the magical world in an hour-long class (Aurors should sign up for that, huh?) - what possible motivation would Barty have to teach/train Harry Potter how to resist a very useful Dark spell? Voldemort, later in the same book, even tries to use the Imperius Curse on Harry and can't (one would assume this is due to the earlier training).   The argument of "fitting in" doesn't seem to apply here, as merely demonstrating the curses at all was already straining the limits of Mad Eye's eccentric reputation; plus he only repeatedly targeted Harry. He could just as easily have not aroused suspicion by showing them the curses, or Imperius-ing all of the students equally. The only thing Barty accomplished was strengthening Harry's chances against Voldemort.  There's also the possibility that he simply hated the boy who defeated his master, and as such, wanted to torture him. But in that case, why not "teach them to resist/experience" the Cruciatus Curse? It has just as flimsy of an excuse (i.e. "showing them how it works") but with far more effective results. Furthermore, making a student jump on top of a desk would hardly qualify as torture, even someone as loony as Barty.
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Why, oh why, don't the Weasleys "conjure" up some diamonds/gold/etc, sell 'em to Muggles, and get rich? They could buy a mansion (like the Malfoys), and live there happily ever after.  I know there's  that prohibits one from conjuring food (which doesn't make much sense to me, either). Even if it applied to gold, what about all the other elements/compounds/materials? Could the law really be 'don't let a wizard conjure something if it'll make them richer'? That's totally nonsensical.  Why does Wizard society still have poor people, especially if they're talented?
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Courtesy of , I found the a bit of  (currently un-cited):  The Leaky Cauldron The pub serves as a way of entering into Diagon Alley from the Muggle world for Muggle-borns and their parents (both of whom, until the first letter from Hogwarts, have no magical knowledge or means of entering). The rear of The Leaky Cauldron opens onto a chilly little courtyard, in which a particular brick must be tapped three times to open a path to Diagon Alley.  But from what I can see, Muggleborns and their parents wouldn't be able to enter from Leaky Cauldron, because - based on what I can tell - that requires one to use a wand:  He {{Hagrid}} tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella. The brick he had touched quivered – it wriggled – in the middle, a small hole appeared – it grew wider and wider – a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway on to a cobbled street which twisted and turned out of sight.  Is there some canon information confirming the Wikipedia assertion that Muggle parents and not-yet-wand-owning Muggleborns could enter Diagon Alley from the courtyard behind Leaky Cauldron?
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In the Harry Potter universe, there is a spell that unlocks things. In the books and movies, there are many occasions where the main characters use this spell to open doors in wizard buildings (such as the door leading to where the Philosopher's Stone is hidden, or a door in the Magical Congress Of USA headquarters). Hermione knows the spell in her first year, which seems to indicate it's pretty easy to learn/cast, especially for the average adult wizard.   What I'm wondering, then, is why do wizards lock their doors when it's so easy to unlock them? And if it's so easy to unlock locked doors, why aren't there more doors locked with enchantments?
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Have they? Given that Muggles put the first man in space in 1961, even by 1991 a lot of Muggleborns perfectly aware of the space-travel would have passed through Hogwarts and into the Ministry, even the Department of Mysteries (which seems to be a bit like their research division/Area 51 combo) And even leaving Muggle technology (which Wizards don't care for or about) aside, Humans have wondered about air travel to &quot;other worlds&quot; and meeting aliens from the time of the Ancient Greeks, surely some Witch or Wizard somewhere might have wondered if it really was possible to fly to the moon? So, is there any canon (aka Books + Pottermore + Rowling interviews) evidence of the Wizarding community having ever travelled or trying to travel to space / other planets or satellites? ETA: Note, I am also totally okay (and in fact would be eager for) historical &quot;Famous Wizard&quot; card-like tidbits from canon-sources.  AWESOME example (that I'm frankly not expecting): When the Muggles managed to land on the Moon, the Department of Mysteries had to scramble to hide the Silver-backed Moon Dragon conservatory they had been maintaining near the landing site. ALSO AWESOME example (that I am hoping for): Warlock Flibberti and Witch Tigget misused this earth-based spell and amusingly found themselves on the moon with their pet monkey instead!
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(HBP, ch.30)     "I'm going back to the Dursleys' once more, because Dumbledore wanted me to," said Harry. "But it'll be a short visit, and then I'll be gone for good."   Dumbledore wanted him to go back to the Dursleys' to keep the protection going between years*, but the protection was going to be gone in a couple weeks anyway, after which they'd have to go to great lengths to extract him safely as or before the protection broke (OK, the original plan wasn't quite so involved or dangerous). It seems like an awful lot of trouble for the extra week or two, which, unlike other years, would not have a lasting effect (keeping the protection going til the next year). Why not just keep him safe at the Weasleys' or another OotP hangout for the extra fortnight and save the trouble?  *: I'm not quite sure why Dumbledore wanted that anyway, it seems self-perpetuating to me. But that's another question.
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How common is this and how quickly would the magical ancestry show in a Muggle family?
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Harry, before the Triwizard Tournament, was able to send owls to Sirius when he was in hiding (not at Grimmauld Place) just by telling them "just find him, will you?", and the owl would come back a few days later with an answer. This doesn't happen with Hedwig only, because, if I recall correctly, he uses school owls as well.  If finding Sirius was as easy as telling an owl "find him", and a 13-year-old wizard could do it, how come the Ministry had no clue as to where he was? They could've sent an owl with a summons and followed it from a distance.  Two theories, neither mentioned in the book, and both a bit unlikely:   He was living as a dog and -hopefully- the Ministry would not be able to recognize him. Unlikely because the owl would have got there anyway, so they would have guessed the dog was Sirius in disguise, not necessarily as an animagus, but maybe he could perform human-animal transfiguration (remember he was brilliant at school).. Kingsley Shacklebolt was already in charge of the hunt and Dumbledore told him Sirius was innocent and all that. Then, Kingsley would have prevented the Ministry from using any method that could've actually worked. Unlikely because they could've used owls before Dumbledore's tip, when Kingsley didn't know Sirius was innocent, and also because Kingsley was quite powerful and had the support of Crouch and others at the Ministry, so if he was in charge, they would probably have succeeded.   Your thoughts?
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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, it is shown that members of the Order of Phoenix come to rescue Harry from his house at Privet Drive. There, they all drink Polyjuice Potion and assume the form of Harry to confuse death eaters in identifying who is the real Harry.  An obvious, more safe, better choice would be to change Harry into someone else. Maybe a muggle, like his cousin Dudley. And then, safely take him to the Weasleys, maybe apparating. That way, death eaters won't ever find out. Isn't that correct?  Why didn't they take this path, and follow a rather complicated and risky one?
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Something always bothered me with Fudge's accusations:     “Disciplinary hearing of the twelfth of August,” said Fudge in a   ringing voice, and Percy began taking notes at once, “into offences   committed under the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage   Sorcery and the International Statute of Secrecy by Harry James   Potter, resident at number four, Privet Drive, Little Whinging,   Surrey." - OotP Ch. 8 "The Hearing"   Harry cast the Patronus Charm, so he violated the Decree for Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery alright - extinuating circumstances aside - but how did he breach the Statute of Secrecy?  The only witnesses were Dudley and Mrs. Figg, both of whom already knew that Harry is a wizard. Earlier, even Hermione gets it wrong (don't tell her!):     They haven’t even reported that you broke the International Statute of   Secrecy. We thought they would,... - OotP Ch. 4 "#12"   Yes, Harry does use magic in front of a Muggle, Dudley, but even Dudley is not so thick that the fact that Harry's a wizard would come as a revelation to him. Harry cannot breach the Statute of Secrecy to someone already in the know.  Shouldn't Dumbledore point out that glaring error in the indictment sooner rather than later? Or at least mention it, at all?  Is there maybe a source that mentions the Statute of Secrecy containing a clause, that even the mere possibility of magic being witnessed by an uninitiated muggle is sufficient for its breach?? Cause if so, wouldn't even adult wizards have a really tough time doing anything, ever.  Possibly related:
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Dumbledore's portrait was in the headmaster’s office, Harry could have interacted with it. McGonagall would have allowed him private conversations with it if necessary. Even if it was just an imprint, it would have been a powerful guide to Harry, answering any questions he might have had... but we don't see this, and instead Harry just struggles with himself over whether the Hallows really exist and if they're worth pursuing over the Horcruxes... do you think JKR forgot about this possibility?
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In the Harry Potter universe, wizards and witches have managed to keep Muggles unaware of their existence, across the planet and over many centuries. Up to the timeframe that the novels take place in (the 1990s), I can see how this can be achieved through a combination of discretion and magic, with discretion being the preferred method on occasion (e.g., you don't need magic to slip into Platform 9 3/4 unnoticed, you just need to check that nobody is looking).   Our current world of 2016, however, its a very different place. The UK is (in)famously heavily camera-monitored (). Even more poignantly, a very large (and growing) segment of the population carries an internet-enabled HD camera with them at all times and are willing to use it at a moment's notice (, but it is comedy in part because a more realistic version could happen). It looks like, the moment something magical happens in public, a video of it would be on Youtube/Facebook/Twitter and within minutes.   How does the Ministry of Magic deal with this development? Do they need to create a dedicated corps to monitor social media services and alter records as necessary?
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In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, just before the Sorting ceremony, all the first years were quite terrified. No one had any idea what was going to follow (even Ron who came from a wizarding family). Why is this?  The ceremony itself is not a secret since most of the wizards in England went through it. Even if there is an unofficial rule not to talk about it, at least some of the kids would probably have heard about it and spread the news.
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I know that , but  made me question whether they could Side-Along Apparate a human to/from Hogwarts. From what canon tells us, it is impossible for humans to Apparate within the grounds of Hogwarts, which seems to indicate that this should be a simple question, but the events that took place in the Malfoy's cellar in The Deathly Hallows made me curious.  Ron was now trying to Disapparate without a wand. “There’s no way out, Ron,” said Luna, watching his fruitless efforts. “The cellar is completely escape-proof. I tried, at first. Mr. Ollivander has been here for a long time, he’s tried everything.”  According to  from Slytherincess, somewhat of our resident expert on Harry Potter, a wand does not seem to be required to Apparate. The fact that Ron was unable to Disapparate, as well as Luna's assurance to him that &quot;the cellar is completely escape-proof&quot; seems to indicate that some sort of enchantment was put over the cellar to prevent people from  Disapparating out of there. Further evidence for the enchantment happens when Dobby arrives, and Harry asks;  “You can Disapparate out of this cellar?” he asked Dobby, who nodded, his ears flapping. “And you can take humans with you?”  The fact that an enchantment seems to be present, and that despite this Dobby is still able to Side-Along Apparate them out, to me indicates at least some evidence that it should be possible within the grounds of Hogwarts (assuming that the same enchantment was used). So my question is, is there canonical evidence (other than listed above) that either backs up this theory, or that refutes it?