what are the criteria for becoming a Death Eater??? and is harry really a ha

[justcarol67]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at c...> wrote:
> kashelkar:
> Harry was born to a witch and a wizard (both from the magical
community), so isn't he a pure-blood? I think to be a half-blood (like
Voldy), one of the parents has to be non-magic person.
> 
> Taryn:
> I think it depends on who in the WW you ask. I think the term
"pureblood" implies a long history of family of pure wizarding
descent. Harry would not be considered pureblooded because his mother
was muggle-born. I think the more correct term for Harry would be
full-blood. But we also have Tom Riddle referring to Harry as a
half-blood. I think this has to do with who you ask. To TR, blood
lineage is EXTREMELY important. Lily, being a muggle-born witch, is
BARELY a witch, so Harry gets coined a half-blood by TR.

Carol:
It's not just Tom Riddle who calls Harry a half-blood. Dumbledore does
the same, and since he generally speaks for JKR, he must be correct.
Someone on this list (I don't know who, sorry) explained that both Tom
and Harry have two magical grandparents and two Muggle grandparents,
which is why they're both half-bloods.

In fact, as far as blood alone is concerned, Lily is a Muggle. It's
only her magical powers that make her a witch. (We're not talking
genetics here, only bloodlines or genealogy.) So Harry is as much a
half-blood as a "half and half" like Seamus or Tom Riddle. 

I hope that clears it up for you. It does for me. :-)

Carol