Muggles borns can be DEs!

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 110177

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "saraquel_omphale" 
<omphale at o...> wrote:
> Having read the transcript from Edinburgh, apart from the obvious 
two 
> questions which JKR poses for us, there was something else which 
> caught my eye.
> 
> In the question about Snape being a pure-blood (near the end) she 
> says: 'Muggle-borns are not allowed to be DEs EXCEPT IN RARE 
> CIRCUMSTANCES.' (my capitals)  Hmmm, so who is the muggle-born 
DE???

Mike:

Peter Pettigrew maybe? We don't know anything about his family (that 
I can recall), but he did hand Voldemort the key to the Potters and 
their son, which we have learned that Voldemort did consider a 
threat. 

Maybe, maybe not, but he did do something quite helpful (despite it 
actually being Voldemort's first downfall in disguise). I also find 
it rather amusing to think that Voldemort's most loyal supporter 
being a muggleborn. Yes, Bellatrix might give Peter a run for his 
money, but after the Graveyard scene....

Anyways that quote also caught my eye and I'm waiting to find out 
who it really is, and why he/she was allowed it :)

Mike