mixed marriages

[stbjohn2]

No: HPFGUIDX 124547


Sandy wrote: > 
> >  In CoS, Ron says, "most wizards are half bloods these days 
anyway. 
> > If we hadn't married muggles, we'd've died out." While one of 
Ron's 
> > functions is to give us insight into the opinions of ordinary 
> > wizards, I wonder if Ron is somewhat overstating the case. Or is 
he 
> > talking about some vague time in the past, when wizards had 
almost 
> > died out and had to marry muggles; or more recently, say his 
> > grandparent's generation, in the pre-rise-of-Voldy days (perhaps 
> > that's what gave Tom Riddle his idea on how to ride the wave of 
> > purebloodism to power).
> > 
> > It's true that we have very little information on marriage in the 
> WW 
> > in general, and are as clueless as Harry about the wizard or 
muggle 
> > heritage of most of his classmates,  but as far as I know,  there 
> are 
> > only three instances of muggle/wizard unions in canon, and one of 
> > those comes not from the books, but JKR's website.
> > 
> > The three mixed marriages that we know about are Tom Riddle's 
> mother 
> > (witch) to Tom Riddle Sr. (muggle); Seamus Finnegan's mother 
> (witch) 
> > and father (muggle), and Dean Thomas mother (muggle)  and father 
> > (wizard) -- the last from JKR's website. >snip 
> 
Imamommy replied:
> 
> I think we also have to take into account that the pureblood 
> aristocracy does not view muggleborn wizards and witches (ie Tonks' 
> father or Hermione) as counting as pureblood.  Ron  may be 
including 
> them when he says this. 
> 
Sandy says
Possibly, but Ron specifically says "muggles"  not "muggles, half-
bloods and muggleborns".