A thought about Lupin

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 171537

> > Magpie:
> > Actually, I don't believe she did say that. She said he was a 
Half- 
> > blood,
> > which means he could have a Muggle-born parent or a Muggle 
parent.
> 
> Jadon:
> I'm sure the list's had this discussion before, but if Lupin had 
a  
> muggle-born parent he would be a full-blooded _wizard_. Not a  
> pureblood, because they have their own criteria for this sort of  
> thing, but not a halfblood either. Riddle calls Harry a halfblood 
to  
> bring him 'down' to his own level. I think the terms are flexible  
> because they're used as veiled insults. The unwanted trait is  
> emphasised. Doesn't Hagrid deny that Harry's a halfblood at some 
point?

Magpie:
I agree the terms seem flexible, but the child of a Muggle-born and 
a Wizard does seem to be a Half-blood. I don't think, when JKR said 
that the breakdown was 25% Pureblood, 25% Muggle-born and 50% Half-
blood that she meant 50% of wizards had a Muggle parent. Dumbledore 
calls Harry a half-blood in OotP (he says Voldemort chose not the 
pure-blood but the half-blood like himself to mark as an equal). I 
don't remember any Hagrid quotes about it off the top of my head.

I would guess that Half-bloods who have a Muggle parent perhaps 
relate to the term differently because their parents seem more 
different, but Voldemort seems to genuinely consider Harry a half-
blood and so does Dumbledore. 

-m