Offspring -- Purebloods??

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Offspring -- Purebloods??
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6278] Offspring -- Purebloods??
Date: 8/9/00 1:07 am  (ET)

> Hmmm. Hmmm. Why would their children be "purebloods" if Harry is a
Half-blood? This seems counter-intuitive to me.

IF JKR had wanted to 1) use offensive language (I hope no one gets
offended at it in this post) and 2) spend more time than it deserves on
Death Eaters' hallucinations, she could have had them call:

The child of a Pureblood and a Mudblood or Muggle a Halfblood

The child of a Pureblood and a Halfbood a Quadroon

The child of a Pureblood and a Quadroon an Octaroon

The child of a Pureblood and an Octaroon a Taint (this proportion of
'Aryan' 'blood' was enough to suit the Nazis but not enough to suit
Jim Crow)

The child of a Pureblood and a Taint a Pureblood.