By: Chardonay Perrignon
Wizards at the Ministry of Magic who study the statistics of the Wizarding population have discovered a disturbing trend among this generation’s pureblood population– the squib population has nearly tripled within the last three years in families which do not have any muggle born witches or wizard in them!
Since squibs are considered shameful and something to hide, this has not been a quantifyable phenomenon in the past. Even with the stigma attached, it is now becoming more prevalent at an alarming rate. It is for this reason, that the statistic branch of the Ministry has determined it an important –if difficult– area of study.
Some wizards are using the traditional muggle science of “genetics” (not to be confused with the more controversial genetical engineering) to explain the recent increase in squib births. As one witch, who chose to remain anonymous for the purpose of this inquiry, puts it, “It’s all the inbreeding. Pureblood families have children from the same pureblood families year after year….we are determining that this dilutes some of the magical powers of certain bloodlines… Of course, they will never admit it. Too proud.”
On the other hand, the influx of muggle born witches and wizards and mixed blood families seem to have very little, if no squib children at all in them.
The results of this study, of course, have been more than controversial for many reasons. Some say that “genetics” is just muggle nonsense, and others say that the squib population in the past was killed off, whereas today we just hide them away. However, the ministry is still alarmed by these statistics and not sure what they are going to do with the results.
Rest assured, we here at the Quibbler will let you know as soon as we find out!
Dear Sir,
I wish to complain about the racist language in your magazine. I read with horror- WITH HORROR- that crude and abusive primitive Muggle terms such as ’science’ are being used to describe wizarding kind.
And it is a slur sir, a SLUR to infer, nay to suggest that wizards from good, decent and clean families are in anyway in-bred. This kind of nonsense is what I expect from The Quibbler!
And everyone knows the idea that Squibs were killed off is just a nasty myth. Squibs are the result of impurities in the blood- they are weak, the runts of the litter. They just die easily.
I shall be ending my subscription at once!
Oh please that last letter just showed how backwards todays society is becomeing. Ive said it once and ill say it again. Pureblood wizards need to move on with the times and leave all this nonsense about pureblood in the past where it belongs. Otherwise if it goes on itll spell the doom of all wizards witch’s and magic in general. Learn from the past so we may not repeat the mistakes in the future.
This just goes to show that the past is catching up with us a lot faster than we realised and the results of those foolish mistakes are starting to show
Pffft…….this is prejeduce in the reverse; against purebloods which is becoming so prevelant in the post war years. It seems that we are an easy target. But let me remind you Sir, that it was this kind of thinking of the liberal pro muggle elitist that alienated pureblood society in Britain a generation ago and let to so many to join Grindelwald and You Know Who in droves.
Really, some Purebloods are becoming no better than demented Muggles with their attitudes now a days.
If a Pureblood is really adverse to marrying Muggle descendants, perhaps a more magically imbued being would help strengthen the blood that is clearly weakening as time passes – and perhaps give even more power to it!
Think with your heads, my dear fellows, not with your emotions before you embarrass the rest of us with your public wailings.
Pureblood vs. Muggleborn vs. Squibb
Sounds like some people need to get over themselves. Muggle and Purebloods, Half Bloods and Squibb , all of whom are capable of performing the most magical of deeds should and I say this strongly learn to get along and respect the power and greatness that comes from being magical in the first place.
You know house elfs are magical and have certain abilties and powers, most in fact own one or two yet noone calls them names or puts them down the way purebloods do muggles and squibbs.
Pity really. Some of the best people in the world are not Pureblood, some of your more powerful withces and wizards are not even pureblood and most purebloods have ended up so ruthless and cruel they lead a life filled without honor and full of crime.
Maybe someone should oh I don’t know, suddenly let some horrid potion to alter the pureblood slip in their pumpkin juice and take em down a notch or two off their high horse!