...this operates on the assumption that the wizarding world knows as soon as a muggleborn witch or wizard is born, or at least when they're pretty young, before they start doing accidental magic and frightening their parents.
Are you sure that's the case? Because I don't think it's ever mentioned in the books? I personally assumed that the very earliest they could know about a muggleborn was the first instance of accidental magic; and it's even possible that it all goes unnoticed until much later.
...either you've misinterpreted me, or I've misinterpreted your reply.
I meant that the *wizarding world* might not know about muggleborns until the first show of accidental magic, or even until the Hogwarts letters are created.
That's a reasonable assumption, but of course, we don't know. I agree with the OP that if they do know about young wizards and witches at some early point their life, a service like this would be useful.
Just out of curiosity, is this a criticism of JKR herself, and the way she's wrote this situation, or a criticism of the society itself? I always took it as another sign of the wizarding society's self-induced ignorance of the muggle world, writing-wise.
The society itself, though in the not-sure-it's-deliberate way. I mean, if I wanted to read about a government run by paranoid morons, why would I turn to fiction?
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...this operates on the assumption that the wizarding world knows as soon as a muggleborn witch or wizard is born, or at least when they're pretty young, before they start doing accidental magic and frightening their parents.
Are you sure that's the case? Because I don't think it's ever mentioned in the books? I personally assumed that the very earliest they could know about a muggleborn was the first instance of accidental magic; and it's even possible that it all goes unnoticed until much later.
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...either you've misinterpreted me, or I've misinterpreted your reply.
I meant that the *wizarding world* might not know about muggleborns until the first show of accidental magic, or even until the Hogwarts letters are created.
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