methinks mr. hucksteen in particular be a winner of a rather large asshole prize. i get the feeling that this was less about claudia being a squib in itself than somehow related to trying to attack/get back at/put in his place a rival through his kid which is...:/

several US states had sterilization programs as part of the whole eugenics pseudoscience movement so in any case its not wizards only on the asshole thing...