Mudblood

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 72893

<jamesredmont at h...> wrote:

> > Where in cannon does it say that MUDBLOOD means BOTH parents are 
> > muggles? And if you're a half-blood: one magical parent and one 
> > muggle parent ... wouldn't this qualify you for the (derogatory) 
> > mudblood label? 
> > 
> > Magical Parent1 + Magical Parent2 = "pure-blood"
> > Magical Parent1 + Muggle Parent2 = "mudblood" or "half-blood"
> > Muggle Parent1 + Muggle Parent2 = "mudblood"

 
> I've thought a lot about this, too.  But remember in CoS when Tom 
> Riddle says that Harry and he are both half bloods....Actually 
Harry 
> would be a pure blood, wouldn't he?  He has 2 magical parents.  Tom 
> Riddle only had 1.  But According to Tom, having a half blood 
mother 
> is the same as having a muggle mother.  
> 
> This gets really confusing unless you realize that it's not like 
> there's an office you go to get registered as a pureblood or a 
> mudblood.  It's just a derogatory term.  So if you're really 
> prejudice, I guess you could find out if somebody had a great great 
> grandfather who was a muggle, and call them a mudblood.  Or you 
> could argue that Harry is a pureblood.  I don't think it requires a 
> strict definition.
> 
> James Redmont

Not much unlike the old laws regarding mixing of races.  It used to 
be that *any* black ancestor made3 you black - the only whites were 
truly *pure* blooded.  Remember Siruis's comments about marrying 
between pureblood families - all of the purebloods are related in one 
way or another because there are only so many purebloods left.  This 
would suggest that no matter how many generations back, if there is a 
muggle, then you are a mudblood.

The more interesting question, perhaps, is which came first - the 
wizarding families, or the muggles?  If the Wizarding families came 
first the perhaps all the muggles are descended from squibs.  If the 
Muggles came first, then go back far enough and *all* wizards have 
muggles in their lineage.  Who were the Adam and Eve of the Wizarding 
World?