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Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory.

In today's video we're going to be discussing another exciting what if scenario for the

wizarding world.

What if Dudley Dursley, Harry Potter's volatile cousin, had turned out to be a wizard too.

Now, although the mere idea of this what if scenario might have you immediately spewing

profanities my way, you must admit that the chance that Dudley might

have possessed some magical talent is not all that far-fetched of an idea. Why is that,

you may ask? Well, to start with, it's common knowledge that plenty of witches and wizards

are born into muggle families in which no other known relatives possesses the ability to perform

magic. Which, of course, brings us to my second point. This is the exact situation Lily Evans,

Harry's mum, found herself in. As you likely well know, Lily's family was comprised entirely

of muggles, including her sister Petunia,

Dudley's mum. And although in adulthood Petunia showed nothing but disdain for her sister's

magical talents, even going so fast to call her a freak, we know from flashbacks of the girl's

childhood that Petunia actually rather envied the lead abilities and had wished

to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry herself.

In fact, as a child, she even sent a letter requesting admission to Professor Dumbledore.

Sadly, yet very understandably, Petunia was gently let down by Dumbledore who could not allow admission

of a muggle to the school. Unfortunately, this only seemed to spurn her jealousy of Lily into blatant

hatred and resentment, but alas, I digress. In any case, it's completely within reason to consider

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