Pureblood? (was Re: Motivations for Joining DEs - Pure blood and Propaganda

[potioncat]

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> 
> Elyse: 
> I am surprised that no DE has tried to find out LV's parentage by 
> now, especially if he has told them he is a descendant of Salazar 
> Slytherin and speaks Parseltongue.
> The point is,if LV can pretend to be a pureblood so can Snape.
> 

Potioncat:
You know, when people dive into their ancestry, they usually only 
claim the important, famous, ancestors; or perhaps the notorious 
ones. The unimpressive ones just get lumped into an annonymous bunch. 
And we've been told several times that the Pureblood families aren't 
really Pureblood. Even the Weasleys who are considered Pureblood 
apparantly have either Muggle or Mugglborn marriages to account for. 
At least according to Ron.

So while "your" quality of pureness might be an issue to bring up, my 
quality is just fine. And only someone who would have nothing to lose 
by pointing fingers would dare to ask Tommy about his.

A Pureblood club would have as its members those who can trace their 
pureblood ancestors back seven generations and those who can't go 
back quite that far. Perhaps a wizard with a great deal of skill and 
one parent from a Pure family would be welcomed. But I'll bet just 
about everyone in the DEs, if they go back far enough, will find a 
bit of Muggle in their background.