[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's family.... slight spoiler

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 61793

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at c...> 
wrote:
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> nymphadora:
> ... is there any post here that ISN'T a spoiler? :)
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> anyway - i was just wondering if anyone could tell me what was 
snape's
> background... is he muggle born or pure blood? one would expect him 
to
> be a pure blood, but now i'm not so sure... and i don't remember the
> surname "snape" anywhere on the black's tapestry... 
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> Taryn:
> I can't imagine him being muggle-born and then calling Lily a 
mudblood.
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> --Taryn
Tam:
But Riddle was product of a muggle world, and hates them the most... 
so....

Me:
Yeah, I know, and I was thinking about that, but I do think Tom's a peculiar case in that respect. Also the fact that Snape was a DE does not bode well for the possibility of Muggle heritage.

--Taryn

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