Muggle Related Matters (Was Re: Muggle-borns)

[Mark Hyder Yahoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 168061

> Tandra:

> Is there an explanation anywhere as to why or how Muggleborns 
> come to be?

Mark Hyder Yahoo

Muggle-borns are the occasional witches and wizards born to 
Muggle parents, or at least have Muggle grandparents. According 
to J.K. Rowling, in order to be considered pure-blood, one's 
parents and grandparents must be wizards. If both of a wizard's 
or witch's parents are Muggle-born, it might give that person 
Muggle-born status. Their magical abilities do not seem to be 
significantly affected by their parentage -in fact, many 
Muggle-borns have been among the most powerful witches and 
wizards of their time.

Blood purity fanatics despise Muggle-borns above all other groups 
(even more than Muggles themselves), considering them insults to 
everything wizards stand for, or as Muggles seeking to rise above 
their station. Pure-blood fanatics use the derogatory term Mudblood 
to refer to Muggle-born wizards, which is analogous to foul racial 
and ethnic slurs found in the real world. The proportion of the 
wizarding population that is Muggle-born seems to be on the rise
as the pure-blood families shrink in size and number (according to 
Rowling, of the annual Hogwarts intake, 25% are Muggle-born and 
25% are pure-bloods), and the number of wizard births among 
Muggles could conceivably be increasing.[not specific enough to 
verify] Notable Muggle-born characters include Hermione Granger 
and Harry's mother, Lily Potter (Lily Evans), both of whom are 
exceptional witches despite coming from all-Muggle families.

Muggles who know about magic Also on the border between the magic 
and non-magic worlds are Muggles who are aware of wizards and may 
take some advantage of magic cast by others in their lives. These 
include Muggles who marry wizards (like Seamus Finnigan's father)
and Muggles with a relative who is a wizard (like Hermione's 
parents, the Dursley family, and the Evans family into which 
Lily Potter was born). Another notable Muggle who is notified 
of the existence of the wizarding world due to his leadership 
role is the British Prime Minister.

Blood-purity fanatics have a total disdain for Muggles. During 
Voldemort's rise to power, his followers frequently murdered 
Muggles simply for pleasure. The Death Eaters that attacked 
after the Quidditch World Cup levitated a Muggle groundskeeper 
and his family and twirled them around in the air for their own
amusement.

Mark Hyder Yahoo