Who's your daddy? (was Re: Where Snape belongs on the family tree.)

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From: evangelina839 [mailto:evangelina839 at yahoo.se]
As for halfblood!Snape being unfit for the Head of Slytherin position, I wonder if everyone's ancestry really is such a common knowledge. Draco calls Hermione mudblood, but maybe he just made the effort to find out how pure her blood was


Millefiori:
I think it's likely that all of the purebloods *know* each other, since
they're a very small group, and most are related.  Whenever someone unknown
comes onto the scene they're automatically viewed with suspicion unless they
can provide credible proof of a 'good' background.

Also, regardless of whatever suspicions the Slytherins may have regarding
the bloodlines of various students, Draco *knows* that Hermione is a
mudblood because he saw her Muggle parents at Flourish and Blotts.


Evangelina:
Also, maybe having a squib for parent doesn't automatically mean that you are a
halfblood. After all, all your grandparents could still be all witches and wizards.


Millifiori:
I agree.  A squib might be an embarrassment for a pureblood wizarding
family, but he or she would still be a pureblood, and the family genetics
would still be passed along to any of his/her offspring.  The only way to be
a halfblood is to have one Muggle parent.  The only way to be a mudblood is
to be a witch/wizard born to two Muggle parents.

Millefiori