[HPforGrownups] Fenrir Greyback a Muggle-born?

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 166462

> Goddlefrood:
> Giving credit where it's due (to Carol), the link provided
> to the Edinburgh Book Festival, 15th August 2004 wherein
> this was said:
>
> [JKR answers a question:]
> "Snape's ancestry is hinted at. He was a Death Eater, so
> clearly he is no Muggle born, because Muggle borns are not
> allowed to be Death Eaters, except in rare circumstances."
>
> Goddlefrood continues:
> The bit that interested me was the last line suggesting that
> there may be a Muggle-born Death Eater among the ranks of
> those degenerates.
>
> My view is that due to the description of werewolves in
> Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (Obscurus Books,
> p.41), the relevant part of which is:
>
> "Humans turn into werewolves only when bitten"
>
> It is a fair possiblility that Fenrir Greyback was
> originally either a human himself, or if not a Muggle-born
> wizard.

Kemper now:
I get the impression that Fennir was/is a Squib.  He hates Wizards so
much.  To experience that kind of hate, one is usually familiar with
the object of hate either directly (victim of racism) or indirectly
(reared/taught by racists).

Harry and others use Peter's Maurader name in a manner that suggests
betrayal. Voldemort and Snape use the name in a manner synonymous with
vermin.  They, and others, seem to abhor Peter.  I think it is
Wormtail who is the Mudblood Death Eater.  He alone had the 'rare
circumstance' of being close to the Order and the Potters.

Kemper