another LV - Riddle question

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 98337

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, squeakinby <squeakinby at t...> 
wrote:
> Miller, Gina (JIS) wrote:
> > How could Tom Riddle be the heir of Slytherin when he was a 
mudblood?
> 

Jem wrote: 

> Tom Riddle's father was a mudblood.  He's is a half-blood.

Actually, Tom Riddle's father was a Muggle. His mother was a witch. 
If Tom's father was a Muggle-born wizard (aka a Mudblood), then Tom 
would technically be the pure-blooded son of a witch and wizard, 
though this would probably not count as pure-bloodedness to the more 
high minded of the WW (Malfoys, Blacks, etc). 
Meri