Muggle Parents

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> Heidi:"I am sure there has to be a way to bring Muggles into 
> Hogwarts - squibs can get in, so why shouldn't Muggles be able to?"
> 
> There's been guests at Hogwarts, including parents of the Champions 
> in GoF, and nothing said they were all magical. Also, IIRC, 
> Hermione's parents made it to Platform 9 3/4, and they certainly have 
> been to Diagon Alley.  Probably Muggles just can't get in to magical 
> places on their own.

Moaning Myrtle had Muggle parents, according to Draco, "last time the 
Chamber of Secrets was opened a Mudblood *died*. CoS ch. 11
and Riddle tells Hagrid, in ch. 13, that "the dead girl's parents will 
be here tomorrow."  
Not the most reliable sources in the world, but it does seem that 
Muggles have visited the school.
	I think though, that Harry was unique among the tri-wizard 
champions in having a muggle-born parent, for Hagrid says that if Harry 
won, "it'd show 'em all, yeh don't have ter be pure-blood ter do it." 
GoF ch.24.
Pippin