Re: How Rare are Muggle-borns? and Analysis of “Purity” in the Order

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 104889

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> <snip> I apologize if this has been discussed before, 
> > but it seems to me that we have seen very few purely Muggle-born 
> > wizards throughout the books.  I believe the only ones we can be
> sure of are Hermione and Moaning Myrtle; is it likely that all of 
the 
> > students attacked in CoS were Muggle-born?  Here are the attacks: 
> <snip>
> 
AmanitaMuscaria now:
Just a stray thought, but I'm not convinced all Muggle-borns are so. 
Consider that we have two examples of Muggles not taking the news 
that they've wed witches very happily. Now, I'm not saying that these 
instances are widely known about in the WW, only that other witches 
or wizards might be a bit more discreet about finding out their 
partners' thoughts before revealing their secret? Or perhaps 
performing a quick memory charm? So some of the children presented as 
Muggle-born may be half-bloods.
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria