HBP = Draco

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 105257

Cathy Drolet wrote:
<snip>
> Draco is 'half blood' - half Black blood through his mother.  The 
Black family believes that to be a Black made you practically 
royal...Prince. Just a random thought...<snip>

Mandy here:
Throughout the series the term Half-Blood has come to mean a wizard 
with part muggle blood.  I think we can safely assume that both the 
Blacks and Malfoys have remained consistently pureblooded through 
their long history.  While Draco is half a Black and half a Malfoy, 
he is not half-blooded by the definition of the term as described in 
the WW.  

There are exceptions like Andromeda Black marrying Ted Tonks.  But 
this does not affect Draco blood status.  Ted and Andromeda's 
daughter Tonks is a half-blood, but were looking for a prince not a 
princess. 

Also as much as the Blacks might consider them royalty, I don't get 
the feeling that Narcissa married down at all. She either married 
sideways or up, depending of the Malfoy family history.

And the only way for Draco to be a halfblood, is if Lucius turns out 
not to be his father. This would be very interesting, but as they are 
described to look so much like each other, it seems unlikely. 

Mandy