[HPforGrownups] Re: Muggleborn Definitions / Generations

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 34321

>>Ronald Rae Yu <ickle_ronniekins at y...> wrote:
><snip: presentation of case>
>> 
>> Suppose a mudblood male (e.g. Justin) marries a
>> mudblood female (e.g. Hermione, may not work out,
>> though) and they have a child. If the child possesses
>> magical powers, is he a pureblood or a mudblood? From
>> Ron's definition we know that a mudblood has non-magic
>> parents, so that makes the child NOT a mudblood. Is
>> he/she then a pureblood? Calling him/her half-blood
>> doesn't seem right.

>and Grey Wolf wrote:

>Well, according to Tom Riddle, the son would be a half-blood. The case 
you are describing is Harry's, since his mother was a mudblood, and Tom 
said that both Harry and he were half-bloods, if I remember correctly. 
Since those terms are aminly used by people in Slytherin, I assume they 
would know about it.

Sorry, but I'd have to disagree on that statement! Harry is a half-blood because his mother was a muggle-born and his father was a wizard. I don't have any canon to back it up on, but I get the impression that the Potter were an old purebred family. Riddle is a half-blood because his mother is a pureblood (descended from Slytherin) and his father is a muggle, so I would have to say that as he is saying Harry is the same, then James Potter is not a muggle-born.

Lucy the Drifty


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