Harry being half-blood, Ron being Pure-blood, and Hermione being Muggle-born. The trio of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger consists of all three types of Wizards.An interesting fact of note is that despite the ideals that pure-bloods are inherently more powerful wizards, several of the most powerful or particularly adept wizards and witches in the series are in fact half-blood, such as Albus Dumbledore, Tom Riddle, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, and Harry Potter.To compromise, she was made a half-blood. On the draft class list, Hannah Abbott was listed as a Muggle-born, but in a later interview, Rowling stated that she had always thought of Hannah as a pure-blood.In the GBC version of the first video game, there is a boy in Slytherin who went to Charm school and is listed as being likely half-blood.Half-blood father and Muggle-born paternal grandmother, mother's status unknown. Witch mother, at least one Muggle grandfather. Muggle or Muggle-born grandparent Wizard(s)Īt least one known Muggle parent or grandparentĪt least one known No-Maj/Muggle or No-Maj-born/Muggle-born grandparent. One Muggle parent, unknown on which side. This was repealed once Lord Voldemort was defeated. Half-bloods were still accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and in the British Ministry of Magic, but were not treated as well as the pure-blood members. When the British Ministry of Magic fell under Voldemort's control in 1997, Muggle-borns were openly persecuted and pure-bloods were favoured above all else. Ironically (or perhaps because of), regarding the prophecy concerning his defeat, Voldemort chose to go after the half-blood Harry Potter instead of the pure-blood Neville Longbottom. In fact, these people, along with some other Death Eaters, pretend to be pure-bloods, hiding their Muggle heritage from anyone else. This, as well as Snape's membership in the Death Eaters, suggests he may have been ashamed of his Muggle heritage, at least in his early life. However, Remus Lupin reported that he never used the nickname openly. Severus Snape may have been another example his self-entitled nickname was " Half-Blood Prince" because his mother ( Eileen Prince) was a pure-blood witch and his father ( Tobias Snape) was a Muggle. He denied his Muggle heritage, instead emphasising his wizard ancestors his legend-entitled nickname was " Heir of Slytherin" because his most notable wizard ancestor ( Salazar Slytherin) was a famous pure-blood champion, which made himself more believable. Notably Lord Voldemort persecuted Muggles and Muggle-borns, despite the fact that his mother ( Merope Gaunt) was a pure-blood witch and his father ( Tom Riddle Snr) was a Muggle. Some half-bloods expressed prejudice towards those with Muggle heritage, despite having some themselves, and clung to what wizarding heritage they had. Members of these families were more likely to use "half-blood" in a derogatory manner, similar to the epithet " Mudblood" Bellatrix Lestrange did so on multiple occasions, and the portrait of Walburga Black often equated half-bloods with Half-breeds. Other more fanatical families such as the Gaunts, Lestranges, and Blacks required all marriages to be those of pure-blood. In spite of this, this never deterred "respect" from families such as the Blacks, Gaunt and the Lestranges against the Malfoys. As such, some families such as the Malfoys allowed them to marry into their pure-blood family and could do so without affecting their family's pure-blood status. It could be argued that half-bloods in the eyes of those who believed in blood purity bridged the gap between "respectable" and inferior. Those who believed in the importance of blood purity considered half-bloods to be inferior because of their Muggle heritage, though superior to Muggle-borns. Harry Potter and his children are half-bloods with known Muggle ancestry He dared - he dares - he stands there - filthy half-blood - " - Prejudice against Harry Potter's half-blood status " You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood's tongue, you dare. Magical children born to a Muggle-born and a Muggle are also considered half-bloods, such as Penny and Beatrice Haywood. Because of their Muggle parentage, many end up assimilating into the Muggle population as they would have more trouble thriving within the magical community. Examples include Martha Steward II, Dolores Umbridge's brother, and Gilderoy Lockhart's two sisters. Non-magical children born with at least one magical parent were considered Squibs by the wizarding community rather than Half-bloods or Muggles. It should be noted that any wizard or witch who was neither pure-blood nor Muggle-born was considered half-blood, even if they had two magical parents they need not have had exactly half-Muggle/half-wizard heritage.
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