OOP: Re: Snape's family.... slight spoiler

[peggy baratto]

No: HPFGUIDX 61930

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Charles Phipps" <tcp at z...> 
wrote:
> I figure Snape is a semi-pure blood family.
> 
> Harry Potter's father James doesn't necessarily have to be a pure 
> blood or a Muggle Born.  The Potters, which isn't a very wizardly 
> name could very well be a family that simply regularly interbred 
with 
> or interbred on occasion with Muggles.
> 
> The sorting hat certainly hints that most Slytherin are pure bloods 
> but it also strikes me there have to be other factors involved too.
> 
> Though like all "royalty" its possible that there's a much larger 
> base to draw from than just England. Its possible Severus's family 
> isn't related to any other because they immigrated from other parts 
> of Europe or another country recently geneologically speaking...or 
> quite simply his family isn't noticible by the rest of them.
> 
> One thing to note is there are only 4 choices for the Sorting Hat 
to 
> put people in.
> 
> Harry was almost put in Slytherin after all and his mother was 
Muggle 
> born.  There are many people in this world and presumably the 
> wizarding world who can't be defined simply by one 
> word "Courage", "Compassion", "Knowledge", or "Cunning"
> 
> We have no reason to believe Wormtail wasn't in Gryffindor and he 
> certainly became a sneaky slytherin.  Its probably Lockhart wasn't 
a 
> slytherin but a Gryffindor by his behavior and we know how he 
turned 
> out.
> 
> While I pity the poor fool who ends up in the house a very 
> cunning "Walstreet executive" type's son would probably end up in 
> Slytherin even if he is Muggleborn.
> 
> Its just that his Slytherin qualities outweigh any others.
> 
> -Charlemagne

I don't know if Snape is pure Slytherin.  He is rather brave, and he 
does have quite a bit of loyalty.  The idea that he does indeed try 
to help Harry, even after Harry sees his memories---Is he really pure 
Slytherin?????
No idea on this end...just a question.  

~~~~~~~~Peggy