Wizard Genetics (Was Re: Lily's Family)

[jmay_71]

No: HPFGUIDX 107879

Stefanie:

"Therefore Harry would be considered only 'half' wizard, because of his MOTHER'S GRANDPARENTS."

To me this is HUGE. 

Steve:
> Until the statement has remained unchallenged on her website for 
> 30 days, I'm not considering it a fact. Personally, I think she 
> actually meant to say either 'his mother's PARENTS' or Harry's 
> grandparents. 
> 
> dcgmck:
> 
> OK.  Caution duly noted... But... If, in fact, JKR actually 
> titillated us intentionally instead of accidentally (and not just 
out of the excitement of her recently announced pregnancy), why do I 
have no recollection of anyone ever calling Harry a 'mudblood'?  
Malfoy exhibits no reticence in using the term on everyone else of 
evident Muggle heritage, so why stop with Harry, whom he so clearly 
loathes and envies?

jmay:
I may be a bit off topic here, but I am gonna go out on a limb and 
guess that whether or not JKR made a mistake with Lily's parents or 
grandparents doesn't really matter.  The big point she is trying to 
make is that classification by blood is ridiculous.  She shows this 
by comparing the DEs to the Nazis.  The complete and total irony 
being both groups are/were following a leader who's genetic 
background included that which they hate.

My opinion of wizarding ability is that it is a sort of physical 
trait passed down thru your DNA.  If you were born to non-magical 
parents (Hermione) and you are magical, somewhere in the past a 
wizard was part of the family.  The same is probably true of squibs, 
just in reverse (non-magical in the your genetic past). There is even 
some canon in COS which circumstancially supports this.  With regard 
to "mudbloods", someone mentions "If we hadn't married muggles we 
would have died out."  And when the gang was trying to figure out who 
the Heir of Slytherin was, Hermione points out to Harry that he could 
be the heir because Slytherin lived 1000 years ago.  Well, in 1000 
years of wizards marrying non-magic folk, are we really that suprised 
that non-magic parents are producing magical children?  Or that 
squibs result from two magical parents? 

For JKR to show Tom Riddle being Slytherin's heir and all the good 
that's caused (sarcasm), I would be really suprised after all JKR 
writes about our choices being most important, to turn around and 
say, oh and Harry's an heir too and thats really important to 
defeating Voldemort.

To add one final off topic thought.  I have this current theory that 
Tom Riddle became the Heir of Slytherin through his father and 
grandfather.  My quick reasons are the following:
1)I know Tom said it was thru his mother, but he is also a known liar.

2)Tom's mother named him after his father and grandfather after being 
abandoned.  Seems an odd thing to do, unless she knew this and she 
was a Slytherin fan maybe?

3)The description of the Riddles as being elitist snobs reminds me 
alot of the pureblood family behavior shown by the Malfoys and Mrs. 
Black.  Not that I think they inherited this trait!  Just that JKR 
has in her literary skill chosen to display them in a similar manner 
as a clue for us to find.

4)It puts another and maybe final nail in the "pureblood is better" 
coffin. I also just think it would be awesome for the DEs to find 
this juicy bit out.  Wonder how they would react?


Feel free to pick away...
jmay