[HPforGrownups] Re: A thought about Lupin

[dracojadon at yahoo.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 171581

> 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.

Jadon:
I was thinking of Philosopher's Stone:
"--and he said people from Muggle families shouldn't even be allowed
in."
"Yer not from a Muggle family. If he'd known who yeh were -- he's grown
up knowin' yer name if his parents are wizardin' folk."
- which is quite different.

You make good points. I think it is a bit flexible, depending on  
who's using the term, but I'll accept that anyone called a halfblood  
doesn't necessarily have a muggle parent.

It's quite possible 50% of wizards _do_, though, if she's trying to  
emphasise how far from reality the pureblood fantasy is. Where does  
that quote come from?

Jadon