Teachers' bloodlines

[katzefan]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "darkstar_2814" <
darkstar_2814 at y...> wrote:
> It's just something I got to thinking about.  We all know that 
>Filch is a Squib.  But what about the other teachers?  Based on 
>Snape's attitude, he's probably pure-blooded, whereas 
>Dumbledore, due to his acceptance of Muggles, could be pure-
>blooded, half-n-half, or Muggle- born.  Flitwick, on the other 
>hand - well, is he a little person, zapped with a Shrinking Spell 
>or what?  What about some of the others?
> 
> Jack

I wonder if Flitwick might not be part (or all) elf. The impression I 
got from CoS is that Dobby, at least, is smaller than Harry
("Harry ... ushered Dobby back onto the bed, where he sat 
hiccoughing, looking like a large and very ugly doll.") 

Or could he perhaps be part goblin...? Most of the goblins at 
Gringott's appeared to be roughly the same height as Flitwick.

I don't think Snape is necessarily pure-blood; I don't recall that he 
himself ever says anything one way or the other on the subject 
(unlike Draco, who says plenty). There's been some speculation 
that at least some of Snape's attitude may be a 'front' for when he 
will have to go back to Voldemort (as he appears to be doing at 
the end of GoF) and convince Voldemort that he has always 
been a supporter who has been merely biding his time.

Katzefan