Lily's family

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No: HPFGUIDX 107858

HunterGreen:
Because Harry is a HALF-blood, not a muggle-born. He has a pure-blood 
father, so he's not quite a 'mudblood' (as far I as understand it, 
the term is for muggle-born witches/wizards, and I suppose it could 
be extended to the child of two muggleborns or a muggleborn and a 
muggle, etc). He's no more a 'mudblood' than Tonks is. 'Half-blood' 
can be considered an insult as well, as Bellatrix uses it that way in 
the DoM after Harry calls Voldemort by his name.
Voldemort, by the way, would probably see that disctinction as well, 
since HE is a half-blood, and refers to Harry's mother (in CoS) as 
a 'mudblood'. 

According to Ron in CoS, "Mudblood's a really foul name for someone 
who is Muggle-born - you know, non-magic parents.". But, I suppose, 
if Lily were the child of two muggleborns they might see fit to call 
her a mudblood, I just don't know if SHE would just accept that.

Lissa:

Poor JKR.  Does anyone else ever wonder if she lurks on this list and then tears her hair out yelling "Give me a break, people!  ARGH!"   

I agree that she's made a typo or something, and Lily's parents are Muggles.  Heck- even James acknowledges it in the Pensieve.  He says "I'd never call you a you-know-what" or something to that affect.  He doesn't deny her parentage, rather he confirms it by saying that he'd never actually hurl the insult at her.  Plus all the other stuff that's been cited... I'd guess that the Evans were Muggles.

Liss

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