A Question about name-calling

[Metylda]

No: HPFGUIDX 100684

In the books, we know that a Pureblood is someone who
has a long, lengthy ancestry of wizarding blood.

A Mudblood is a person who has Pure Muggles (with no
wizarding ability) for relatives.

What exactly is a half-blood? We have Seamus in the
first book say that he is 'half and half' - that his
Mum was a witch and didn't tell her husband (Pure
Muggle) until after they were married.  We know Tom
Riddle had a similiar situation where one parent was
Pure Muggle.

What exactly is Harry then? Yes, his Mum was Muggle
born, but she was a witch.  Does that still make him a
Half-blood, as Bellatrix calls him in OOtP:

"Shut your mouth!" Bellatrix shrieked. "You dare speak
his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it
with your half-blood's tongue, you dare-" 

"Did you know he's a half-blood too?" said Harry
recklessly. "Hermoine gave a little moan in his ear.
"Voldemort? Yea, his mother was a witch but his dad
was a Muggle - or has he been telling you lot he's
pureblood?"
(quoted from US Version - OOtP, pg 784)

Comments and thoughts?

ta!
bamf!

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