Harry - half-blood?

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 183844

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rint68nyr" <rint68nyr at ...> wrote:
>
> Harry is called half-blood in the books, but isn't he more than
> that? His father is pureblood, and his mother is muggleborn, but a
witch,... so Harry is born from 2 magical people. How does that make
Harry a half-blood?  Actually, he has more wizarding blood in him
> that either Snape or LV.
> 
> Erin
>
Anne Squires: 

Yes, you are right, Harry has more wizarding blood than both Snape and
LV.  I think it's a matter of semantics.  There is never any mention
in canon (that I am aware of) of three-quarters blood or seven-eighths
blood, etc.  We really only have the three classifications:

1. Pureblood

2. Half-blood

3. Muggleborn (aka Mudblood)

If one or more grandparent is a Muggle then a person isn't classified
a Pureblood, at least not by the people who bother to classify and who
care about such things.

Anyway, according to DE philosophy (not that everyone goes along with
that philosophy) Harry can't be a Pureblood.  He's obviously not a
Muggleborn.  So, he's not in category one, he's not in category three,
so he's in category two by default.

I think Half-blood is a catch-all for any witch or wizard who is
neither Pureblood or Muggleborn, regardless of how much magical blood
they have.

I am basically restating a discussion from January.  That was a recent
discussion of this issue.  But, believe me, this has been brought up
several times before.  If you are interested in some fantastic
insights to this issue the search engine will help great deal.

I rec the following posts:

post no. 180207 What Blood Status Have Harry's Parents? - Blood in the
Eye by Steve aka bboyminn:   

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/180207

and

the entire thread starting with post no. 180631 Re: Explain This Passage 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/180631

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/180800

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/180804

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/180593

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/180597



Hope this helps

Anne Squires