Muggles at Hogwarts [Reply Wotan]

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 14625

Wotan:"I'm no HPologist - but do we know for *sure* that Hermione's 
parents are muggles? Maybe they're in deep cover (and who'd suspect a 
dentist!) ... Hermione, for example, seems a natural witch!"

They're muggles. They're described as such on numerous occasions. 
Besides, Hermione's muggle-born heritage is important to the themes of 
the books. She, a brilliant student, is looked down on by many as a 
"mudblood" -- a word with the same emotional punch as some of our 
racial/ethnic epithets.

May I humbly plug my own, "The Letter," as a story about how 
muggle-borns might get introduced to the magic world? It's in the 
Files section here.  If you choose to read it, I'd appreciate your 
thoughts.