Does ancestry play a part in magical ability? was: The permanent prob. with Slyt

potioncat willsonkmom at msn.com
Tue May 25 15:17:14 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 99379

Mandy wrote: 
> 
> Do the children of two Magical parents have an advantage? If they 
do 
> then selection based on blood purity has validity and merit. They 
> would by nature have greater potential to pass on to their 
offspring, 
> and the rules of natural selection dictates that at least some 
> pureblood must remain or the WW would eventually die out.
> 
> What canon do we have to support either argument?  Why does the WW 
> contain mostly pureblood families if ancestry doesn't play a 
part?  


Potioncat:
Currently in the WW there is a group who believe Purebloods are 
better than Muggle-born...just because. Half-blood isn't quite as 
good as Pureblood, but at the point that all grandparents are Magic, 
you are considered Pureblood.  This is convention, not genetics.  
And it is of course, my interpretation of canon.

It goes with my opinion that Salazar Slytherin wanted only those 
students who were from magic families.  And at that time, IIRC, not 
every magic child went to Hogwarts.  (I'm not sure about every magic 
child now, but I don't know that canon speaks to that.) But whether 
or not he was correct, I think his intention was changed over the 
years.
Potioncat





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