Thank you and another question - Pureblood vs. Halfblood

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No: HPFGUIDX 191431

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Alanna <lilandriss at ...> wrote:
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> 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?<snip>


Kadedetje:
Hello Alanna

For me Harry being called a halfblood too lies in the definition of pure-blood : A witch or wizard of 'pure' wizarding ancestry, without any Muggle ancestors whatsoever as far as can be determined.

If you then look at a program like "Who do you think you are ? - the UK version" a lot of people get to go back as far as the 1600s finding their ancestors. The Brits are/were really good in keeping records like that.

The "as far as can be determined" in the definition of pure-blood therefore suggests that you'd need quite a lot of pure-blood generations (which means they would inter-marry, especially with pure-blood families having so few children in order to keep their pureblood status.)

Hope this helps !

cheers
kadedetje