When Muggle-born witches and wizards reached the age of eleven in the British wizarding community, their Hogwarts acceptance letters were delivered in person by a member of the staff, instead of by owl post (the usual postal system for wizards and witches).

How did Hermione get into Hogwarts if she's Muggle-born?

Wizards or witches born in magical families would receive their acceptance letters via Owl Post. But for the muggle-born, a Hogwarts staff member would go to their house to hand-deliver the acceptance letter and clear things up with freaked-out children and parents.

How do Muggle borns become wizards?

Muggle-borns inherit magic from a distant ancestor; they are descended from Squibs who have married Muggles and whose families had lost the knowledge of their wizarding legacy. The magic resurfaces unexpectedly many generations later.

Are Muggle parents allowed to visit Hogwarts?

It is unknown if Muggle parents were allowed to visit Hogwarts Hospital Wing or St Mungo's when serious illness befell their child. However, Muggle parents were allowed to see wizarding pictures of the school, as Muggle-born Colin Creevey was known to take numerous pictures and sent them home to his father.

What if two Muggle borns have a child?

It has nothing to do with genes and is just a construct of wizarding society. So the magical child of two muggle-born would be half-blood and a non-magical chld of two muggle-born a squib.

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What happens if a squib marries a Muggle?

Muggles can become related and produce half-blood children when mixed with half-bloods/pure-bloods. A muggle may marry a squib and their descendants know nothing of their magical heritage until the gene resurfaces randomly.

Are there any Muggle-borns in Slytherin?

Muggle-born Slytherins existed, but were very rare, as noted insultingly by Scabior the Snatcher.

Do Hermione's parents know she's a witch?

She and her husband were proud and accepting of their daughter's identity as a witch, which explained some strange things which happened around her when she was a child. They entered the magical world in 1992 to buy Hermione's school supplies, and were assisted by Arthur Weasley.

What happens if a Muggle uses a wand?

Muggles can't necessarily perform magic, but with a wand, they could cause some to manifest in an uncontrollable manner.

Can a Muggle go to Azkaban?

Those who could not prove that they had magical heritage — in other words, any Muggle-born and potentially some half-bloods — were sentenced to Azkaban for having "stolen" magic. Some, however, were apparently released after being stripped of their wands and their jobs, and ended up homeless.

Are the Weasleys pure-blood?

The pure-blood wizards and witches featured in the Harry Potter books are almost all supremacists, while there are some of them who do not advocate ancestral superiority; the Potters, Weasleys, and Longbottoms are old pure-blood families, but no known members of these families are sympathetic to supremacist aims.

Is Albus Potter a pureblood?

Albus Severus Potter (b. c. 2006) was an English half-blood wizard, the second son of Harry and Ginevra Potter (née Weasley) and the godson of Neville Longbottom. He was born two years after his older brother James Sirius and two years before his younger sister Lily Luna.

What happens if a Muggle sees magic?

If, by unfortunate means, Muggles do happen to observe the working of magic, the Ministry of Magic sends Obliviators to cast Memory Charms upon them, causing them to forget the event. Some Muggles are aware of the wizarding world.

Is Harry a pureblood?

Coincidentally, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley are each of the three distinct types of wizards; Harry being a half-blood, Hermione being a Muggle-born, and Ron being a pure-blood.

How did Draco know Hermione was a Muggle-born?

It's not clear if Hermione directly told Draco that (as far as I recall in first year they never talked directly). I think it's more likely that he heard it from someone else. Draco knows a lot of the pureblood families so he probably was aware that Granger wasn't a wizarding surname.

Why wasn't Hermione in Ravenclaw?

It was confirmed on Pottermore that Hermione was also a bit of a Hatstall, as the Sorting Hat saw the potential for her to be both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. In the end, Gryffindor won out, and it's possible that Hermione wanted to be seen for being brave more than for her intelligence.

What if a Muggle killed a wizard?

If the muggle knew about the magic world then he would be sentenced by wizard. If he did not know and just, lets say robbed a wizard and shot him with no knowledge of it. Then the cops would report who it was and what he had, Ministry of Magic would hear about it through their connections in the muggle world.

Has a Muggle ever learned magic?

Keep in mind that Filch was a Squib- so did have some magical blood despite not being able to use magic- so there's always a super slim hope that they have 'latent' ability or even some minor ability to be developed. A Muggle has none (or at least none they know of...) and can never learn real magic.

Why did Dumbledore give Jacob a fake wand?

History. This fake wand was commissioned by Albus Dumbledore so that Jacob Kowalski could blend in with and more easily hide in plain sight of witches and wizards during the global wizarding war, as he was a No-Maj.

Do Muggles see 9 3/4?

Platform 9 3/4

This is something that is explained away pretty well in the series. Ministry employees are on hand to erase/alter the memory of muggles who notice witches and wizards who go to Platform 9 3/4.

Is Filch a Muggle?

Filch was Hogwarts' caretaker, but he was also a squib - a Muggle born from wizard parents (which may possibly be the case of Jacob Kowalski from Fantastic Beasts as well).

Do Hermione's parents ever get their memory back?

According to The Leaky Cauldron, when a fan asked if Hermione made sure that her parents could remember her again, Rowling said, "she brought them home straight away." This is good news, as it's awful to imagine Hermione's parents never remembering who she is or ever seeing her again.

Why is Albus a Slytherin?

Albus showcases many Slytherin traits, such as a great ambition, cunning, and resourcefulness. Out of Harry and Ginny's three children, Albus is the one most like his father.

Can only pure bloods be Slytherin?

It is not impossible if a muggleborn witch/wizard have the traits and values of Sytherin, and Slytherin doesn't mean they only accept purebloods but also halfbloods and that halfbloods are really talented and great like Snape he is a potion master and Umbridge also she was a Slytherin.

How is Merlin a Slytherin?

Merlin was born sometime during the medieval era. During his formative years, he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was sorted into Slytherin House; possibly being taught by Salazar Slytherin himself.