Voldemort CHOSE to attack Harry

[meidbh]

No: HPFGUIDX 108866


Boolean writes:
"But but but...Harry *isn't* a half-blood is he???
James & Lily were witch and wizard, therefore Harry is pure-blood,no?
I though half-blood only applied to the child of a couple made up of 
a witch/wizard and a Muggle?"

I'm not 100% certain how this ugly racial analysis thing works (I do 
seem to remember JKR discussing it in more detail somewhere though) 
but I believe Lily like Hermione was what is known as a Mudblood 
because both parents were Muggles. 

I am assuming the child of a Pureblood and a Muggle would definitely 
be considered a Halfblood and it seems the same applies to the child 
of a Pureblood and a Mudblood. (does anyone else become really, 
really queasy when discussing this stuff? Ughhh!)

If JKR says Harry is a halfblood - then i guess he is - she's 
designed the terminology!

Meidbh :-)