Squibs are considered Mudbloods by some was: HBP possibility/ Born as Squibs

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 126705


> Alina:
> > I believe half-blood is a term that applies only to witches 
> > and wizards, not to squibs or muggles.  The real question is
> > for me, whether someone who has one magical and one muggle 
> > parent but can't do magic themselves is called a squib or a
> > muggle?
>  
> 
> Chys:
> 
> I think in this one, it's squib since it's FROM a magical parent 
> but with no magical ability. I don't know what it would be for a 
squib who has muggle/squib children with another squib or with a 
> muggle as father/mother. Could a squib have wizarding children 
> that are still magical?

<snip>

> Muggle x Muggle = Muggle child or Wizard/Witch child (In which case 
> it's called Muggleborn or 'Mudblood')
> 
> Muggle x Wizard/Witch = Squib? or Wizard/Witch child (In which case 
> it is half-blood, but is it called a Squib in this case??)
> 
> Wizard x Witch = Squib child or Wizard/Witch child (Dependent upon 
> family history, this is pure-blooded or half-blooded.)
> 
> Squib x Wizard/Witch = Squib child or Wizard/Witch Child (I don't 
> know how bloodlines apply to this with intricate family histories.)
> 
> Is that right?
> Correct me if I'm wrong, as I would want to know.

Kemper now:

"He did it, he did it!"  Filch spat, his pouchy face purpling.  "You 
saw what he wrote on the wall!  He found — in my office — he knows 
I'm a — I'm a —" Filch's face worked horribly.  "He knows I'm a 
Squib!" he finished.  (CS 142)

"
wrote on the wall"  To refresh everyone's memory what was written 
on the wall:

THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN
OPENED.  ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE.
(CS 138)

Filch, a Squib, identifies with `enemies of the heir.'   Enemies of 
the heir are thought to be Muggles and those without pure magical 
heritage.  Since Filch identifies himself as an enemy of the heir, it 
can easily be assumed that he considers himself a Mudblood, not 
because he was born of Muggle parents, but because he was born a 
Muggle
 essentially. 

So, as to Alina's question as diagramed by Chys,

Squib x Witch/Wizard =  ?

If ? is a magical child, then she would be considered a Half-Blood, 
regardless of how pure the Squib's bloodlines are.

If ? is a non-magical child, then she would either be considered a 
Muggle, if the magical parent was not in the life (of course, the 
child would never know she was a Muggle), or a Squib, if the magical 
parent was still in her life and therefore a part of Magical Culture 
and Language.

Kemper
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