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.

How can mudbloods be wizards?

However, if the squib were to marry a muggle, it's possible that their child or future descendants of their children will inherit magical ability from the squib's ancestry and become a witch or wizard thus, making them a Mudblood (a witch or wizard with non-magical parentage).

How does the ministry know about Muggle-borns?

The Commission had Muggle-borns who registered fill out questionnaires about their family history and then wait for their trial behind bars in the Ministry of Magic. While awaiting trial, they were guarded by Dementors and threatened with the Dementor's Kiss if they resisted.

Are some Muggles aware of wizards?

However, the Muggle and magical worlds were tied together in some ways. For instance, Muggles sometimes married wizards or witches and thus became aware of the wizarding world, as occurred with Mr Finnigan when he married a witch, or Hope Howell when she married Lyall Lupin.

How can two Muggles have a wizard child?

A few generations after the squib, their magical ancestors were forgotten and they became muggles. Then thousands of years later, the inactive magical gene is still being passed down the generations, some muggle randomly has active magical genes passed to them by their parents.

How Are Muggleborns Told That They're Magical? - Harry Potter Explained

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.

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.

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.

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.

Do Hermione's parents ever remember her?

Hermione's Parents Had Their Memories Restored According To Harry Potter Canon. This tragic ending for Hermione and her parents never happened in the Harry Potter books. This is because Hermione didn't just erase her parents' memories—she rewrote them using a False Memory charm.

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.

Can Muggle parents go to Hogwarts?

Like, a full Muggle. Well you see, in the books we can read that when Lily (Harry's mum) was younger and came to platform 9 & 3/4, her parents was also there; meaning that yes, muggle parents can go there too.

Who is the most powerful Muggle-born?

Hermione Granger

Hermione is the most powerful muggle-born witch of all time because of her natural ability and talent for magic, but she also deserves it.

Are there any Muggle-borns in Slytherin?

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

Were there any Muggle-born death eaters?

According to J. K. Rowling, a Muggle-born can become a Death Eater in the rarest of rare circumstances. Although Muggle-borns are descended from Squibs, there is not a single known case of a Squib having children.

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.

Can Muggle see dementor?

Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself...

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.

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.

Could a Muggle make a potion?

It is often asked whether a Muggle could create a magic potion, given a Potions book and the right ingredients. The answer, unfortunately, is no.

Who is the richest family in Harry Potter?

The Malfoy family comes from a long line of rich witches and wizards within Harry Potter, and Lucius Malfoy has copious amounts of money at his disposal. He resides in a gigantic mansion with his family, named Malfoy Manor, and owns some of Harry Potter's most powerful objects, including a golden Time-Turner.

Is Dumbledore a pureblood?

An interesting fact of note is that despite the ideals that pure-bloods are inherently more powerful wizards, some of the most powerful or particularly adept wizards and witches in the series are in fact either half-blood (such as Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape and Harry Potter) or ...

Why is Snape the half-blood prince?

Family. Snape's family background is mostly shown in flashbacks during the course of the last three novels. Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, "Half-Blood Prince").