Lily's a muggle?

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 12072

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Annette Harada" <annetteh11 at h...> wrote:
> > > Has anyone discussed the conflict of Lilly Potter being a witch 
or a muggle.  The first three books give the definate impression that
> > she was a witch from an early age, even Aunt Marge made a 
reference to this fact prior to Harry blowing her up.  But at the end 
of book 4, when Harry was tied to Tom Riddle's head stone, Voldemort 
said how alike he and Harry were; Both born with muggle mothers....> 
> Ok, I'll grant you that one about Voldemort, but what about Lilly 
Potter?  Voldemort did say she was a muggle....
> 
> Thanks for your response <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Hi Annette.  I think all that bit about Lily is that she's muggle-
born, rather than plain, flat-out muggle.  She's a witch from a 
muggle family, like Hermione.  But because Lily was a witch and James 
was a wizard, then Harry is full-blood, even though it's only one 
generation back on his mom's side.  Apparently* both Lily and 
Hermione are magical people from completely non-magical ancestries.  
(I had a different theory about Lily, but things JKR has said have 
pretty much killed that...;o])  So, yeah, I think that's it.  Did 
that help at all?... <g>

Kelley