[HPforGrownups] Pure Blood Parentage

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 75884

Rachel:
>Here's a question I've come to again and again, and JK has never
>really explained it very well.  Perhaps this has already been
>discussed, I can't be sure.

It's a common subject for discussion, but I'm not sure if this particular
angle has ever been mentioned...

>How long are you a half-blood?  I mean, if James was born from two
>wizards, he'd be a pure blood (we've never heard mention anything

My answer: who cares?

Only I think certain families. The house of Black set great store by their
tapestry which traces all of their ancestry (except for the ones who've been
disowned and burned off it) as far back as the tapestry goes.

But what if you're a family who doesn't have a tapestry? There wasn't any
mention of one at the Burrow so maybe it's a matter of complete indifference
to the Weasleys that they may or may not have the odd muggle somewhere back
in the family tree. And I think as you go down the social scale, the huge
majority of the wizarding population, the less "aristocratic" ones, just
don't think in those terms.

I think that purebloods respect purebloods, and if your family tree is
longer than mine, you expect proportionally more respect.

Here's another paradox, of course. It's commonly surmised that not all WW
children go to Hogwarts, but that certainly the high status pureblood kids
do, but also that the muggleborns do as well. So it's precisely those
students whose parents have the biggest vested interest in keeping muggle
genes out of the bloodline who have the greatest chance of meeting and
entering into relationships with muggle born students.

Cheers

Ffred

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