just my thoughts

[Rach]

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kfc4588 wrote:
>>> just one mroe question- why do they keep callign ahrry a half 
blood-- correct me if im wrong but a halfblood is someone liek LV 
with one muggle one magic parent- and harry has 2 magic parents.. i 
thought it was just a mistake in book 2 but now it was like a big 
deal that harry was a halfblood- but he isn't is he? >>>

There doesn't seem to be a name for someone who is born of two magic 
parents, who is not a pureblood. In CoS the definition of pure blood 
was along the lines of someone who can trace their ancestry back 
through pure blood wizards only. I remember Hagrid and Ron explaining 
to Harry and Hermione that most wizards and witches were half blood 
or less.  Do we actually know if James' family is pure blood? I don't 
think its ever actually been stated one way or another. 

Has anyone else wondered why Arthur Weasley's relations were burnt 
off the Black family tree? Was it like Tonks' mother - for marrying a 
muggle or something deeper like Sirius' 'betrayal' of the family?