Teachers' bloodlines

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "darkstar_2814" <darkstar_2814 at y...> 
wrote:
> But what about some of the other teachers?  Hagrid, I think, is 
> Muggle-born (in a manner of speaking), but I'm not sure about some
> of the others.

I feel *sure* that Hagrid is not Muggle-born! At least ONE of his 
parents was a magical person: his mother the giantess. And I have a 
vague recollection that the photograph of Hagrid at age 11 with his 
father sitting on his shoulder (which book is that?) described 
his father as 'a wizard with beetle-black eyes like Hagrid's", so 
both of his parents were magical people. Anyway, how often does a 
Muggle even meet a giant, let alone marry one?

I feel *sure* that Dumbledore is not Muggle-born (at least, not 
known to be Muggle-born, and he isn't the type to keep it secret) 
or the Malfoys would have called him "Mudblood" rather than mere 
"Muggle-lover" when they were insulting him. I do not believe the
theory that Dumbledore is an oversized or transfigured House Elf and 
that is why the Mirror of Erised showed SOCKS as his heart's desire, 
and I don't believe he's half-House Elf either. 

I personally feel that all the teachers had two magical people for 
parents, even if one of the magical people was non-human (as Hagrid's 
mother and possibly one of Flitwick's parents ... and maybe Lockhart 
was half-Veela), even if one or both of their witch/wizard parents 
were Muggle-born. On the one hand, surely Dumbledore would be eager 
to hire a Muggle-born teacher because of his beliefs; on the other 
hand, which teacher(s) have ever been shown doing anything to suggest 
that they are very familiar with Muggle life?