[HPforGrownups] How do you make a muggle?

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 70720

At 16:42 +0000 on 07/15/2003, Missy wrote about [HPforGrownups] How 
do you make a muggle?:

>And does pureblood mean from the beginning of time, every generation
>before me has produced a magical child and so I am pureblood?  Or
>does it mean that for a set number of generations this has happened,
>so therefore I am to be considered pureblood?

It could be that the Pureblood requirement (for however far back as 
it needs to go) requires only that each of your direct ancestors were 
Wizards (ie: No Squibs or Muggles). Each generation having a Wizard 
would thus not be enough - It would need to be someone in your direct 
line of descent.

At 18:22 +0000 07/15/2003, mt3t3l1 wrote about [HPforGrownups] Re: 
How do you make a muggle?:
>2. The fact that a witch and wizard can give birth to a Muggle, found
>in SS Chapter Seven: "Well, my gran brought me up and she's a witch,"
>said Neville, "but the family thought I was all-Muggle for ages."
>Remember, Neville's parents were both aurors, so we're definitely
>talking about a wizard father and a witch mother. According to #1,
>Neville could have said, "the family thought I was a Squib for ages."
>Instead he chooses to use Muggle, so apparently a Squib can also be
>called a Muggle.

This is a matter of terms. A Muggle is someone without powers. A 
Muggle born into a Wizard Family is a Squib (ie: A non-Magic 
offspring born into a Magic Family). Neville's Usage is correct since 
he is using the term Muggle to mean someone non-Magical not a just a 
Non-Magical offspring of a Magic Family (ie: A Squib).

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Bob Rosenberg