Neighbours, schools and government systems will assume a missing child if they move out of their homes to Hogwarts. How do they keep their old identities in sync with going to a place unrecognised by muggles?
asked Dec 9, 2016 at 18:06
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4They're not missing...they're in a private boarding school.– Paulie_DCommented Dec 9, 2016 at 18:11
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1For the record, thousands of children in the UK go "missing" each year. For the most part, they're simply being moved overseas or elsewhere in the country.– ValorumCommented Dec 9, 2016 at 18:15
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"Neighbours, schools and government systems will assume a missing child" - no they won't. That's not how it works.– Misha RCommented Dec 9, 2016 at 18:36
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Going to Hogwarts is no different from going to any other boarding school. They disappear during the school term and reappear over the holidays; it would be easy for parents to explain that they are at a boarding school. For example, the Dursleys made Harry tell Aunt Marge that he attended St Brutus's Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys.
