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

[Liz Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 191432

Sorry, I meant ancestors not desendants... brain having a senior moment!

> 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.
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> 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
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> ps. no idea on the fic question, sorry.
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