A thought about Lupin

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 171562

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. I think people 
> tend to do the same thing with Tonks, assume that Ted 
> was a Muggle, but I've always thought he was 
> Muggle-born. Harry, too, is a Half-blood, because 
> his mother was Muggle-born and father was a Wizard,

houyhnhnm:

I agree that Rowling's calling Lupin a half blood 
could mean either that he has a Muggle parent or a 
Muggle grandparent.  It is probably somewhat more 
likely that he has a Muggle grandparent because I 
would think there are more wizards with a Muggle-born 
parent than a Muggle parent.

It would be really interesting if Lupin had a Muggle 
parent, though.  Lupin said, "My parents tried 
everything, but in those days there was no cure."  
That makes me think that they were a) very supportive 
and protective of Lupin (rejection as a result of 
his lycanthropy was not an issue) and b) united (
alienation from each other because of Lupin's 
lycanthropy was not an issue).

Later on we learn that Lupin's infection was not 
an accident but a deliberate act of revenge against 
his father.  If either his father or his mother was 
a non-magical person who not only left the "normal" 
world behind to live in a completely alien one, but 
then had a child was turned into a dark creature by 
a deliberate cursed bite, and still kept sanity and 
marriage together, that's a story I'd like to hear.

In fact I would like to know more about Lupin's parents 
even if one of them wasn't a Muggle.  We don't even know 
if they are still alive.  Lupin's never said they were 
dead, either.  I'm very curious to know what happened to them.