[HPforGrownups] Thank you and another question - Pureblood vs. Halfblood

[Liz Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 191429

Ah, now, this can be explained by emphasising the word 'pure'. Pure-bloods 
have no Muggle desendents - none that they either know of or admit to. 
Therefore, they are pure and clean of 'dirty-blood'. A half-blood has Muggle 
descendants. They don't need to be immediate descendants (mother, father) 
but could be say, a great grandfather. This would mean they do not have 
'pure' magical blood.

Think of a glass of clear water as magical blood. and a glass of orange 
juice as Muggle blood. If you mix the two (wizard x Muggle), the water 
wouldn't be clear at all (half-blood). If that mixed water was again mixed 
with clear water (half-blood x pure-blood), it still wouldn't be clear, a 
little less orange, but still definitely not clear, it remains 'dirty' 
(half-blood). Do this a few more times, and the water still won't go clear, 
almost perhaps, but it still retains some of that orange colour. This is why 
half-bloods are still called half-bloods, because their blood is still not 
clear and pure even after several generations.

Hope this helps
Liz

ps. no idea on the fic question, sorry.



Hey all! Thanks for the responses to my questions on wolfsbane and portkeys. 
They were very helpful. I have another question now. I'm having trouble 
understanding Pureblood vs Halfblood. I get the Halfblood when one parent is 
magical and the other isn't as in the case of Voldie and Snape, but why is 
Harry considered a Halfblood? Both his parents are magical despite his 
mother being muggleborn. If he's considered Halfblood because of that, then 
what would you call the child of two muggleborns?

Also, I'm still looking for an answer on the question of fic searches.

Thanks again!

Alanna :)