So it truly was an anomaly when someone was born with magic in a family where seemingly none existed before. Sure, there were explanations of squib ancestors that made some sense. Perhaps Petunia Dursley was more right than they all realized when she called her sister Lily a freak. Not for being a witch. No, there were plenty of magical folk all over the world. But for having magic when no one else in her family did. Years of genealogical research when Hermione was able to spare the time hadn't yielded any reasonable explanation of why she was able to perform spells. She was a freak. The longer she lived in the magical world, the more she understood why so many were suspicious and fearful of her kind. She didn't make any bit of sense at all.