LV's mudblood ancestry

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No: HPFGUIDX 57056

>  Okay... Voldie has a muggle father- tom riddle, and a witch 
> mother... doesnt that make him somewhat of a mudblood because he is 
> half and half? So that would mean he isnt pure-blood...shouldn't he 
> be killing himself then>?
> 
> JOe said:
> But yes,  You are correct that he's not a pureblood.  So it is 
>funny that he hates those like him and those of muggle blood.

Actually, I find LV's mudblood "taint" to be one of the things that 
make him a more realistic character.  Historically, evildoers are 
often motivated by the percieved need to obliterate a portion of 
themselves.  For example, Hitler is believed to have been motivated 
by his fear that he was in fact of Jewish descent.  I also just read 
a book about Manson which stated that there was some indication that 
he had an African American ancestor, making his desire to start a 
race war rather ironic.

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