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{{Quote|Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway. If we hadn't married Muggles we'd've died out.|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] regarding half-blood statistics|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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'''Half-blood''' was the term commonly given to [[wizardkind|wizards and witches]] who had known [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] or [[Muggle-born]] parents or grandparents.<ref name="COS7"/> By the [[1990s]], half-bloods were the most common type of [[Wizardkind|wizard or witch]], as the [[pure-blood]] wizarding population would have become extinct had they not inter-married with Muggles and Muggle-borns.<ref name="COS7">{{COS|B|7}}</ref><ref name="harry">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221500/https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221500/https://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=58 FAQ] at {{JKRS}} - "The expressions 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators' prejudices. As far as somebody like Lucius Malfoy is concerned, for instance, a Muggle-born is as 'bad' as a Muggle. Therefore Harry would be considered only 'half' wizard, because of his mother's grandparents.
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If you think this is far-fetched, look at some of the real charts the Nazis used to show what constituted 'Aryan' or 'Jewish' blood. I saw one in the Holocaust Museum in Washington when I had already devised the 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' definitions, and was chilled to see that the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda."</ref>
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'''Half-blood''' was the term commonly given to [[wizardkind|wizards and witches]] who had known [[Muggle]] or [[Muggle-born]] parents or grandparents. By the [[1990s]], half-bloods were the most common type of magical person, as the pure-blood wizarding population would have become extinct had they not inter-married with Muggles and Muggle-borns.<ref name="harry">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221500/https://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=58 FAQ] at {{JKRS}} - "The expressions 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators' prejudices. As far as somebody like Lucius Malfoy is concerned, for instance, a Muggle-born is as 'bad' as a Muggle. Therefore Harry would be considered only 'half' wizard, because of his mother's grandparents.
  
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If you think this is far-fetched, look at some of the real charts the Nazis used to show what constituted 'Aryan' or 'Jewish' blood. I saw one in the Holocaust Museum in Washington when I had already devised the 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' definitions, and was chilled to see that the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda."</ref><ref name="CS" />
  
   
 
==Overview==
  
==Overview==
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It should be noted that any wizard who is neither [[Pure-blood]] nor [[Muggle-born]] is considered a Half-blood, even if they have two wizard parents; they need not have ''exactly'' half-Muggle/half-wizard heritage.
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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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Non-magical children born with at least one magical parent are considered [[Squib]]s by the wizarding community rather than Half-bloods or Muggles.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110713111531/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=19 Squibs]" at {{JKRS}}</ref> Examples include [[Martha Steward II]], [[Dolores Umbridge's brother]], and [[Gilderoy Lockhart's sisters|Gilderoy Lockhart's two sisters]]. Because of their Muggle parentage, many end up assimilating into the Muggle population as they would have more trouble thriving within the magical community.
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Non-magical children born with at least one magical parent were considered [[Squib]]s by the wizarding community rather than Half-bloods or Muggles.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110713111531/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=19 Squibs]" at {{JKRS}}</ref> Examples include [[Martha Steward II]],<ref name="ilvermorny">{{WW|ilvermorny}}</ref> [[Dolores Umbridge's brother]],<ref name="umbridge">{{WW|dolores-umbridge}}</ref> and [[Gilderoy Lockhart's sisters|Gilderoy Lockhart's two sisters]].<ref name="lockhart">{{WW|gilderoy-lockhart}}</ref> Because of their Muggle parentage, many end up assimilating into the Muggle population as they would have more trouble thriving within the magical community.
   
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Magical children born to a muggle-born and a muggle are considered half-bloods, such as [[Penny Haywood|Penny]] and [[Beatrice Haywood]].
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Magical children born to a Muggle-born and a Muggle are also considered half-bloods, such as [[Penny Haywood|Penny]] and [[Beatrice Haywood]].
   
 
==Treatment==
  
==Treatment==
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{{Quote|You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood's tongue, you dare... He dared — he dares — he stands there — filthy half-blood — |Prejudice against Harry Potter's half-blood status from Bellatrix Lestrange|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)}}[[File:Potter family2.png|240px|thumb|left|[[Harry Potter]] and his children are half-bloods with known Muggle ancestry]]
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{{Quote|You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood's tongue, you dare... He dared — he dares — he stands there — filthy half-blood — |Prejudice against [[Harry Potter]]'s half-blood status|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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[[File:Potter family2.png|250px|thumb|left|[[Harry Potter]] and his children are half-bloods with known Muggle ancestry]]
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Those who believed in the importance of [[Blood status|blood purity]] considered half-bloods to be inferior because of their [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] heritage, though superior to [[Muggle-born]]s. It could be argued that half-bloods in the eyes of those who believed in blood purity bridged the gap between "respectable" and inferior. As such, some families such as the [[Malfoy family|Malfoys]] allowed them to marry into their pure-blood family and could do so without affecting their family's pure-blood status. In spite of this, this never deterred "respect" from families such as the [[House of Black|Blacks]], [[House of Gaunt|Gaunt]] and the [[Lestrange family|Lestranges]] against the Malfoys.<ref name="malfoy">{{WW|the-malfoy-family}} - "From the imposition of the Statute of Secrecy onwards, no Malfoy has married a Muggle or Muggle-born. The family has, however, eschewed the somewhat dangerous practise of inter-marrying within such a small pool of pure-bloods that they become enfeebled or unstable, unlike a small minority of fanatic families such as the Gaunts and Lestranges, and many a half-blood appears on the Malfoy family tree."</ref>
   
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Other more fanatical families such as the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], [[Lestrange family|Lestranges]], and [[House of Black|Blacks]] required all marriages to be those of [[pure-blood]].<ref name="malfoy" /><ref name="gaunt">{{HBP|B|10}} - Marvolo Gaunt: "Centuries it’s been in our family, that’s how far back we go, and pure-blood all the way!"</ref> 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,<ref name="OTP35">{{OOTP|B|35}}</ref> and the [[Walburga Black's portrait|portrait of Walburga Black]] often equated half-bloods with [[Half-breed]]s.<ref name="OOTP4">{{OOTP|B|4}}</ref>
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Those who believe in the importance of [[Blood status|blood purity]] consider half-bloods to be inferior because of their [[Muggle]] heritage, though superior to [[Muggle-born]]s. 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.<ref name="malfoy">{{PM|the-malfoy-family}} - "From the imposition of the Statute of Secrecy onwards, no Malfoy has married a Muggle or Muggle-born. The family has, however, eschewed the somewhat dangerous practise of inter-marrying within such a small pool of pure-bloods that they become enfeebled or unstable, unlike a small minority of fanatic families such as the Gaunts and Lestranges, and many a half-blood appears on the Malfoy family tree."</ref>
  
   
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[[File:Severus Snape OOTPF.png|thumb|250x250px|[[Severus Snape]], "Half-Blood Prince"]]Some half-bloods expressed prejudice towards those with Muggle heritage, despite having some themselves, and clung to what wizarding heritage they had. Notably [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] persecuted Muggles and Muggle-borns, despite the fact that his mother ([[Merope Riddle|Merope Gaunt]]) was a pure-blood witch and his father ([[Tom Riddle Senior|Tom Riddle Snr]]) was a Muggle. He denied his Muggle heritage, instead emphasising his wizard ancestors; his legend-entitled nickname was "[[Tom Riddle|''Heir of Slytherin'']]" because his most notable wizard ancestor ([[Salazar Slytherin]]) was a famous pure-blood champion, which made himself more believable.<ref name="COS17">{{COS|B|17}}</ref> [[Severus Snape]] may have been another example; his self-entitled nickname was "''[[Severus Snape|Half-Blood Prince]]''"<ref name="HBP28">{{HBP|B|28}}</ref> because his mother ([[Eileen Prince]]) was a pure-blood witch and his father ([[Tobias Snape]]) was a Muggle.<ref name="DH33">{{DH|B|33}}</ref>
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Other more fanatical families such as the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], [[Lestrange family|Lestranges]], and [[House of Black|Blacks]], require all marriages to be those of [[Pure-blood]].<ref name="malfoy" /><ref name="gaunt">{{HBP|B|10}} - Marvolo Gaunt: "Centuries it’s been in our family, that’s how far back we go, and pure-blood all the way!"</ref> Members of these families are more likely to use "half-blood" in a derogatory manner, similar to the epithet "[[Mudblood]]"; [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] did so on multiple occasions,<ref name="OTP35">{{OOTP|B|35}}</ref> and the [[Walburga Black's portrait|portrait of Walburga Black]] often equated half-bloods with [[Half-breed]]s.<ref>{{OOTP}}</ref>
  
   
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Some half-bloods expressed prejudice towards those with Muggle heritage, despite having some themselves, and clung to what wizarding heritage they had. Notably [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] persecuted Muggles and Muggle-borns, despite the fact that his mother ([[Merope Riddle|Merope Gaunt]]) was a pure-blood witch and his father ([[Tom Riddle Senior|Tom Riddle Snr]]) was a Muggle. He denied his Muggle heritage, instead emphasising his wizard ancestors; his legend-entitled nickname was "[[Tom Riddle|''Heir of Slytherin'']]" because his most notable wizard ancestor ([[Salazar Slytherin]]) was a famous pure-blood champion, which made himself more believable.<ref name="CS">{{COS|B|7}} - Ron: "Most wizards these days are half-blood any-way. If we hadn’t married Muggles we’d’ve died out.”"</ref> [[Severus Snape]] may be another example; his self-entitled nickname was "[[Severus Snape|''Half-Blood Prince'']]" because his mother ([[Eileen Prince]]) was a pure-blood witch and his father ([[Tobias Snape]]) was a Muggle. However, [[Remus Lupin]] reported that he never used the nickname openly. 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.<ref name="HBP">{{HBP}}</ref> In fact, these people, along with some other Death Eaters, pretend to be pure-bloods, hiding their Muggle heritage from anyone else.<ref>{{HBP|B|12}} - " "“The Death Eaters can’t all be pure-blood, there aren’t enough pure-blood wizards left,” said Hermione stubbornly. “I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It’s only Muggle-borns they hate, they’d be quite happy to let you and Ron join up.”""</ref> Ironically (or perhaps because of), regarding the [[Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy|prophecy concerning his defeat]], Voldemort chose to go after the half-blood [[Harry Potter]] instead of the pure-blood [[Neville Longbottom]].
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However, [[Remus Lupin]] reported that he never used the nickname openly. 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. In fact, these people, along with some other Death Eaters, pretend to be pure-bloods, hiding their Muggle heritage from anyone else.<ref>{{HBP|B|12}} - " "“The Death Eaters can’t all be pure-blood, there aren’t enough pure-blood wizards left,” said Hermione stubbornly. “I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It’s only Muggle-borns they hate, they’d be quite happy to let you and Ron join up.”""</ref> Ironically (or perhaps because of), regarding the [[Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy|prophecy concerning his defeat]], Voldemort chose to go after the half-blood [[Harry Potter]] instead of the pure-blood [[Neville Longbottom]].
   
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When the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] fell under Voldemort's control in [[1997]], Muggle-borns were openly persecuted and pure-bloods were favoured above all else. 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.<ref name="DH">{{DH|B|29}} - Neville: "They don’t want to spill too much pure blood, so they’ll torture us a bit if we’re mouthy but they won’t actually kill us."</ref><ref>{{DH|B|13}} - "“No, no, I’m half-blood, I’m half-blood, I tell you! My father was a wizard, he was, look him up, Arkie Alderton, he’s a well-known broomstick designer, look him up, I tell you — get your hands off me, get your hands off —”"</ref>
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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. 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.<ref name="DH">{{DH|B|29}} - Neville: "They don’t want to spill too much pure blood, so they’ll torture us a bit if we’re mouthy but they won’t actually kill us."</ref><ref>{{DH|B|13}} - "“No, no, I’m half-blood, I’m half-blood, I tell you! My father was a wizard, he was, look him up, Arkie Alderton, he’s a well-known broomstick designer, look him up, I tell you — get your hands off me, get your hands off —”"</ref> This was repealed once Lord Voldemort was defeated.
   
 
==Parentage==
  
==Parentage==
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===Magical/Squib & Muggle===
  
 
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|[[Seamus Finnigan]]
  
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|[[Seamus Finnigan's mother|Mother]]
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|[[Seamus Finnigan's father|Mr Finnigan]]
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|[[Seamus Finnigan's father|Father]]
 
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|[[Beatrice Haywood]]<ref name="Haywood">{{HM|3|Penny for Your Thoughts}}</ref>
  
|[[Beatrice Haywood]]<ref name="Haywood">{{HM|3|Penny for Your Thoughts}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |[[Haywood sisters' mother|Mother]] ([[Muggle-born]])<ref>{{HM|5}} [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]]</ref>
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|rowspan="2"|[[Penny Haywood's father|Father]]<ref>{{HM|5|3|hm}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |[[Haywood sisters' father|Father]]<ref>{{HM|5|3|hm}}</ref>
 
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|[[Penny Haywood]]<ref name="Haywood"/>
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart|Gilderoy Herbert Lockhart]]<ref name="lockhart">{{PM|gilderoy-lockhart}}</ref>
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]]<ref name="lockhart">{{WW|gilderoy-lockhart}}</ref>
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart's mother|Mrs Lockhart]]([[pure-blood]] or half-blood)
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart's mother|Mother]]
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart's father|Mr Lockhart]]
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart's father|Father]]
 
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|[[Remus John Lupin]]<ref name="lupin1">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0304-wbd.htm World Book Day webchat, ][[4 March]]<span> 2004</span></ref><ref name="lupin2">{{PM|remus-lupin}}</ref>
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|[[Remus Lupin]]<ref name="lupin1">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0304-wbd.htm World Book Day webchat,] [[4 March]]<span> 2004</span></ref><ref name="lupin2">{{WW|remus-lupin}}</ref>
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|[[Lyall Lupin]] ([[pure-blood]] or half-blood)
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|[[Hope Howell]]
  
|[[Hope Howell]]
 
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|[[Pure-blood]] [[Wizardkind|wizard]]/[[Squib]] [[Molly Weasley's second cousin|father]]
  
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|[[Minerva McGonagall|Minerva Isobel McGonagall]]<ref name="mcgonagall">{{PM|professor-mcgonagall}}</ref>
  
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Isobel Ross]] ([[pure-blood]] or half-blood)
  
 
| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Robert McGonagall]]
  
| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Robert McGonagall]]
 
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|[[Malcolm McGonagall]]
  
|[[Malcolm McGonagall]]
 
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|[[Tom Marvolo Riddle]]<ref name="tomriddle">{{COS|B|13}} - "“Half-blood, sir,” said Riddle. “Muggle father, witch mother.”"</ref>
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|[[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]]<ref name="tomriddle">{{COS|B|13}} - "'Half-blood, sir,' said Riddle. 'Muggle father, witch mother.'"</ref>
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|[[Tom Riddle Senior]]
  
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|[[Severus Snape|Severus Tobias Kalovan Snape]]<ref name="severussnape">{{HBP|B|30}} - "He’s just like Voldemort. Pure-blood mother, Muggle father . . . ashamed of his parentage, trying to make himself feared using the Dark Arts, gave himself an impressive new name — Lord Voldemort — the Half-Blood Prince — how could Dumbledore have missed — ?”"</ref>
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|[[Severus Snape]]<ref name="severussnape">{{HBP|B|30}} - "He's just like Voldemort. Pure-blood mother, Muggle father... ashamed of his parentage, trying to make himself feared using the Dark Arts, gave himself an impressive new name — Lord Voldemort — the Half-Blood Prince — how could Dumbledore have missed?"</ref>
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|[[Eileen Snape|Eileen Prince]] ([[pure-blood]])
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|[[Tobias Snape]]
  
|[[Tobias Snape]]
 
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|[[Rionach Steward]]<ref name="PottermoreIlvermorny">{{PM|ilvermorny}}</ref>
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|[[Rionach Steward]]<ref name="PottermoreIlvermorny">{{WW|ilvermorny}}</ref>
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|[[Isolt Sayre]] ([[pure-blood]])
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|[[Isolt Sayre]] (pure-blood)
 
|[[James Steward]]
  
|[[James Steward]]
 
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|[[Dean Thomas]]
  
|[[Dean Thomas]]
 
|[[Dean Thomas's father|Father]]
  
|[[Dean Thomas's father|Father]]
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|[[Sybill Patricia Trelawney]]<ref name="sybilltrewlawney">{{PM|sybill-trelawney}}</ref>
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|[[Sybill Trelawney]]<ref name="sybilltrewlawney">{{WW|sybill-trelawney}}</ref>
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|[[Sybill Trelawney's father|Mr Trelawney]] ([[pure-blood]] or half-blood)
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|[[Sybill Trelawney's mother|Mrs Trelawney]]
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|[[Sybill Trelawney's mother|Mother]]
 
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|[[Celestina Warbeck]]<ref name="celestinawarbeck">{{PM|celestina-warbeck}}</ref>
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|[[Celestina Warbeck]]<ref name="celestinawarbeck">{{WW|celestina-warbeck}}</ref>
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|[[Celestina Warbeck's father|Father]]
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|[[Celestina Warbeck's mother|Mother]]
 
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|[[Dolores Jane Umbridge]]
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|[[Dolores Umbridge]]<ref>{{WW|dolores-umbridge}}</ref>
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|[[Orford Umbridge]]
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|[[Orford Umbridge]] ([[pure-blood]])
  
 
|[[Ellen Cracknell]]
  
|[[Ellen Cracknell]]
 
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|One Muggle parent, unknown on which side.<ref name="quirrell">{{WW|professor-quirrell}}</ref><ref name="HM2">{{HM|2|A special Celebration of Hogwarts Teachers}}</ref>
 
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| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Percival Dumbledore]]
 
| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Kendra Dumbledore]]
  
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|[[Ariana Dumbledore]]
  
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|[[Garrick Ollivander]]<ref name="ollivander">{{WW|mr-ollivander}}</ref><ref name="ollivander2">[https://www.pottermore.com/explore-the-story/garrick-ollivander Garrick Ollivander fact file] at {{PM}}</ref>
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|[[Gervaise Ollivander]] ([[pure-blood]])<ref name="ollivander2" />
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|[[Gervaise Ollivander]] (pure-blood)<ref name="ollivander2" />
 
|[[Garrick Ollivander's mother|Mrs Ollivander]]<ref name="ollivander2" />
  
|[[Garrick Ollivander's mother|Mrs Ollivander]]<ref name="ollivander2" />
 
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|[[Harry James Potter]]
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|[[Lily J. Potter|Lily Evans]]
  
|[[Lily J. Potter|Lily Evans]]
 
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|[[Hugo Granger-Weasley]]
  
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Hermione Granger]]
  
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |[[Hermione Granger]]
 
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|[[Remus Lupin]]
 
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"Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway. If we hadn't married Muggles we'd've died out."
— Ron Weasley regarding half-blood statistics[src]
Potter family 2 - Harry as baby

Half-blood Harry Potter was the son of a pure-blood wizard and a Muggle-born witch

Half-blood was the term commonly given to wizards and witches who had known Muggle or Muggle-born parents or grandparents.[1] By the 1990s, half-bloods were the most common type of wizard or witch, as the pure-blood wizarding population would have become extinct had they not inter-married with Muggles and Muggle-borns.[1][2]

Overview

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.

Non-magical children born with at least one magical parent were considered Squibs by the wizarding community rather than Half-bloods or Muggles.[3] Examples include Martha Steward II,[4] Dolores Umbridge's brother,[5] and Gilderoy Lockhart's two sisters.[6] Because of their Muggle parentage, many end up assimilating into the Muggle population as they would have more trouble thriving within the magical community.

Magical children born to a Muggle-born and a Muggle are also considered half-bloods, such as Penny and Beatrice Haywood.

Treatment

"You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood's tongue, you dare... He dared — he dares — he stands there — filthy half-blood — "
— Prejudice against Harry Potter's half-blood status[src]
Potter family2

Harry Potter and his children are half-bloods with known Muggle ancestry

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. It could be argued that half-bloods in the eyes of those who believed in blood purity bridged the gap between "respectable" and inferior. 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. In spite of this, this never deterred "respect" from families such as the Blacks, Gaunt and the Lestranges against the Malfoys.[7]

Other more fanatical families such as the Gaunts, Lestranges, and Blacks required all marriages to be those of pure-blood.[7][8] 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,[9] and the portrait of Walburga Black often equated half-bloods with Half-breeds.[10]

Severus Snape OOTPF

Severus Snape, "Half-Blood Prince"

Some half-bloods expressed prejudice towards those with Muggle heritage, despite having some themselves, and clung to what wizarding heritage they had. 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. 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.[11] Severus Snape may have been another example; his self-entitled nickname was "Half-Blood Prince"[12] because his mother (Eileen Prince) was a pure-blood witch and his father (Tobias Snape) was a Muggle.[13]

However, Remus Lupin reported that he never used the nickname openly. 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. In fact, these people, along with some other Death Eaters, pretend to be pure-bloods, hiding their Muggle heritage from anyone else.[14] 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.

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. 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.[15][16] This was repealed once Lord Voldemort was defeated.

Parentage

Magical & Muggle

Wizard(s) Magical/Squib parent Muggle parent
Seamus Finnigan Mother Father
Beatrice Haywood[17] Mother (Muggle-born)[18] Father[19]
Penny Haywood[17]
Gilderoy Lockhart[6] Mother Father
Remus Lupin[20][21] Lyall Lupin Hope Howell
Minerva McGonagall[22] Isobel Ross Robert McGonagall
Malcolm McGonagall
Robert McGonagall Junior
Tom Marvolo Riddle[23] Merope Gaunt (pure-blood) Tom Riddle Senior
Severus Snape[24] Eileen Prince (pure-blood) Tobias Snape
Rionach Steward[25] Isolt Sayre (pure-blood) James Steward
Dean Thomas Father Mother
Sybill Trelawney[26] Father (pure-blood/half-blood) Mother
Celestina Warbeck[27] Father Mother
Dolores Umbridge[28] Orford Umbridge Ellen Cracknell
Bowman Wright Mother Father
Quirinus Quirrell One Muggle parent, unknown on which side.[29][30]

Pure/half-blood & Muggle-born

Wizard(s) Pure/half-blood parent Muggle-born parent
Alfred Cattermole Reginald Cattermole Mary Cattermole
Ellie Cattermole
Maisie Cattermole
Cresswell brothers Mrs Cresswell Dirk Cresswell
Albus Dumbledore Percival Dumbledore Kendra Dumbledore
Aberforth Dumbledore
Ariana Dumbledore
Garrick Ollivander[31][32] Gervaise Ollivander (pure-blood)[32] Mrs Ollivander[32]
Harry Potter James Potter (pure-blood) Lily Evans
Nymphadora Tonks Andromeda Black (pure-blood) Edward Tonks
Hugo Granger-Weasley Ronald Weasley (pure-blood) Hermione Granger
Rose Granger-Weasley

Both half-bloods

Wizard(s) Parents
Edward Lupin Remus Lupin
Nymphadora Tonks

Muggle or Muggle-born grandparent

Wizard(s) Pure-blood parent Half-blood parent with Muggle or Muggle-born parent
Albus Potter Ginny Weasley Harry Potter (Muggle-born mother)
James Sirius Potter
Lily Luna Potter
Delphini Bellatrix Lestrange Tom Riddle (Muggle father)

Unknown status

Wizard(s) Ancestor
Hannah Abbott At least one known Muggle parent or grandparent
Susan Bones[33]
Millicent Bulstrode[33]
Mandy Brocklehurst[33]
Michael Corner[33]
Tracey Davis[33]
Anthony Goldstein[33]
Wayne Hopkins[33]
Megan Jones[33]
Sue Li[33]
Mundungus Fletcher
Porpentina Goldstein At least one known No-Maj/Muggle or No-Maj-born/Muggle-born grandparent.[34]
Queenie Goldstein
Constance Pickering Witch mother,[35] at least one Muggle grandfather.[36]
Constance Pickering's sister
Constance Pickering's brother (II)
Aurelius Dumbledore Half-blood father and Muggle-born paternal grandmother, mother's status unknown.[37]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 7 (Mudbloods And Murmurs)
  2. ↑ FAQ at J. K. Rowling's official site - "The expressions 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators' prejudices. As far as somebody like Lucius Malfoy is concerned, for instance, a Muggle-born is as 'bad' as a Muggle. Therefore Harry would be considered only 'half' wizard, because of his mother's grandparents. If you think this is far-fetched, look at some of the real charts the Nazis used to show what constituted 'Aryan' or 'Jewish' blood. I saw one in the Holocaust Museum in Washington when I had already devised the 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' definitions, and was chilled to see that the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda."
  3. ↑ Squibs" at J. K. Rowling's official site
  4. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" at Wizarding World
  5. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Dolores Umbridge" at Wizarding World
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Gilderoy Lockhart" at Wizarding World
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "The Malfoy Family" at Wizarding World - "From the imposition of the Statute of Secrecy onwards, no Malfoy has married a Muggle or Muggle-born. The family has, however, eschewed the somewhat dangerous practise of inter-marrying within such a small pool of pure-bloods that they become enfeebled or unstable, unlike a small minority of fanatic families such as the Gaunts and Lestranges, and many a half-blood appears on the Malfoy family tree."
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 10 (The House of Gaunt) - Marvolo Gaunt: "Centuries it’s been in our family, that’s how far back we go, and pure-blood all the way!"
  9. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
  10. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 4 (Number Twelve Grimmauld Place)
  11. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17 (The Heir of Slytherin)
  12. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
  13. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
  14. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12 (Silver and Opals) - " "“The Death Eaters can’t all be pure-blood, there aren’t enough pure-blood wizards left,” said Hermione stubbornly. “I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It’s only Muggle-borns they hate, they’d be quite happy to let you and Ron join up.”""
  15. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 29 (The Lost Diadem) - Neville: "They don’t want to spill too much pure blood, so they’ll torture us a bit if we’re mouthy but they won’t actually kill us."
  16. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 13 (The Muggle-Born Registration Commission) - "“No, no, I’m half-blood, I’m half-blood, I tell you! My father was a wizard, he was, look him up, Arkie Alderton, he’s a well-known broomstick designer, look him up, I tell you — get your hands off me, get your hands off —”"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "Penny for Your Thoughts"
  18. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5 Defence Against the Dark Arts
  19. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 3 (Detention Before Extension) - History of Magic Lesson "Medieval Assembly of European Wizards"
  20. ↑ World Book Day webchat, 4 March 2004
  21. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Remus Lupin" at Wizarding World
  22. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Professor McGonagall" at Wizarding World
  23. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary) - "'Half-blood, sir,' said Riddle. 'Muggle father, witch mother.'"
  24. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 30 (The White Tomb) - "He's just like Voldemort. Pure-blood mother, Muggle father... ashamed of his parentage, trying to make himself feared using the Dark Arts, gave himself an impressive new name — Lord Voldemort — the Half-Blood Prince — how could Dumbledore have missed?"
  25. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" at Wizarding World
  26. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Sybill Trelawney" at Wizarding World
  27. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Celestina Warbeck" at Wizarding World
  28. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Dolores Umbridge" at Wizarding World
  29. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Professor Quirrell" at Wizarding World
  30. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "A special Celebration of Hogwarts Teachers"
  31. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Mr Ollivander" at Wizarding World
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Garrick Ollivander fact file at Pottermore
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.9 Harry Potter and Me
  34. ↑ See this image of Porpentina Goldstein's MACUSA identification card on display as part of a prop exhibition in Japan. Both of their parents died of Dragon Pox, showing that they were wizards, which means that their Muggle heritage was more distant.
  35. ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite "Brilliant Event: Christmas Calamity"
  36. ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite "Brilliant Event: Darkness Risings"
  37. ↑ Aurelius's biological father Aberforth was a wizard, but his biological grandmother Kendra was Muggle-born, so Aurelius was half-blood. Including this, his mother was possibly a Muggle, though she was from Godric's Hollow at one point which houses mostly Wizardkind.
  38. ↑ This individual refers to his father, a wizard, but later refers to films. This indicates that while having magical ancestry, he had some contact with the Muggle world. Thus, he was most likely a half-blood.
  39. ↑ PotterCast 130 transcript

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