Half Blood, Pure Blood--Help Pease

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 129790

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, sro35 at w... wrote:
> I do not understand what makes a person half blood. In OOTP, DD 
> tells Harry that Voldemort chose him, the half blood, and not 
> Neville, the pure blood. What makes Harry a half blood?
> 
> Both of Harry's parents were magical, doesn't that make him pure 
> blood? Does Lily coming from a Muggle family change it? If so, 
> why?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help....Stan (anxiously waiting for 
> July 16)

Geoff:
Adding another sentence to Neil's reply (129789), JKR has a small 
section on her site under the FAQs about "half-bloods" etc. which might 
cast a little more light.