[HPforGrownups] "Purebloods", "Mudbloods" and Muggle-borns

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In a message dated 6/4/2003 1:44:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, Felinia writes:

> Let's say that Hermione does marry Ron, eventually.  Their children, the 
> first generation, are not going to be considered purebloods by those who 
> count and care, no matter how brilliant Hermione is.  But that's decidedly 
> not Hermione's fault.  She is what she is.

This is the kind of thing that has been bothering me since I began reading 
the series years ago.

First of all, just like all races, there are few "purebloods" these days. 
Travel and the Internet have made the world a different place than it was 
thousands of years ago. We can meet people from other countries and other 
backgrounds. I can have conversations with all of you, and I Iive in Florida.

So, of course, millions of people marry "outside" of their races or their 
cultural backgrounds. It's difficult to find someone who can trace back very far 
without finding some varieties in his family tree. The same must be true in 
the WW.

It bothers me as well that Harry is considered a "halfblood." If Seamus is 
"half-and-half" (ooh -- could *he* be the death of Book 5? okay, sorry -- I'm 
obsessing) because one of his parents is a Muggle and the other is a Witch, then 
how can Harry be the same thing? Both Lily and James were magical parents. 
Shouldn't Harry be more like a "three-quartersblood?"  :)

Brief Chronicles


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