[HPforGrownups] Re: Aunt Petunia & Hogwarts

[Thren]

No: HPFGUIDX 88326

Julie Stevenson wrote:

>Harry is not a 'half & half' or 'halfblood' like Seamus Finnegan or Tom 
>Riddle. In both of those cases, the mother of Seamus & Tom was a witch, and 
>the father was a muggle.
>
>In Harry's case, his mother was a muggle-born witch (at least, that's what 
>we're led to believe), and his father was a wizard-born wizard. In order for 
>Harry to be a halfblood, one of those parents would've had to have been a 
>muggle, and we know that both Lily & James Potter were magical 
>because...they both went to Hogwarts.
>

Thren:

There was a rather involved thread on this a while back, which I 
unfortunately can't seem to find in the archives (I think my m4d 
s34rching skillz are on holiday). So I'll say this- just because both 
his parents were magical doesn't mean he's not a halfblood. Harry is 
referred to as a halfblood several times in the books, not the least of 
which is by Dumbledore (that Voldie chose a halfblood like himself- my 
copy of OotP went AWOL, so no direct quote).

He's a full-blooded wizard, but if you skip back over his parents, two 
out of his four (1/2) grandparents are Muggles. That still qualifies him 
as halfblood. I suspect that this term might be used for anyone who's 
neither Muggleborn nor pureblood, just for some more literally (like one 
parent of each) than others.