Harry -- Pure-blood or Half-blood? (Re: Voldemort CHOSE to attack Harry)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 108941

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nearlyheadlessryan" 
<nearlyheadlessryan at y...> wrote:

NearlyheadlessRyan:
> Why do we all assume that James Potter was a full blood wizard and 
> not a mudblood also? Has JKR discussed this in any interviews or in 
> any of the 5 books so far and some how I managed to miss it?
> Any help in clearing this up would be appreciated. 

Geoff:
It is implied in canon that James was not a mudblood.

'"No one knows why you lost your powers when you attacked me," said 
Harry abruptly. "I don't know myself. But I know why you 
couldn't /kill/ me. Because my mother died to save me. Mu 
common /Muggle-born/ mother," he added, shaking with suppressed 
rage....

"...Because there are strange likenesses between us, Harry Potter. 
Even you must have noticed. Both half-bloods....."'

(COS "The Heir of Slytherin" p.233 UK edition)

If these statements are accurate, then James has to be a wizard 
otherwise Harry would be, like Hermione, a mudblood.