His nephew was a young boy, only about ten, but that didn't stop Vernon from utterly despising him as in his eyes ever since the young boy had turned up on his doorstep, all those years ago, he had brought the family nothing but trouble and it seemed weirdness and unnatural events followed him around like a very dark cloud. Now anyone with a bit of sense might point out to Mister Dursley that the young boy could in no way stop this and in fact the obvious hatred he had for the young lad probably made it worse for them both, but this wouldn't have changed things because deep deep down it wasn't just a hatred Vernon had for the young boy it was fear, he was afraid of his nephew.