While children of wizarding families receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter via an owl, a Hogwarts employee will usually deliver the letter personally to Muggle-borns in order to meet with their Muggle parents and explain. Pure-blood supremacists refer to Muggle-borns with the offensive derogatory term "Mudblood".

How did Hermione go to Hogwarts if she's a Muggle?

Any child born with magical ability in the United Kingdom and Ireland gets their name written down in the Hogwarts acceptance book (both the book and quill, which are enchanted, are the ones that sense this). This is how Hermione automatically gets admission into Hogwarts, though she can, of course, refuse to attend.

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.

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 is Hermione a witch if her parents are Muggles?

Though nominally a Muggle-born witch, Hermione is descended from the Dagworth-Granger family through her father's squib heritage. Though not an Ancient and Noble or Noble House, the Dagworth-Granger family is known for their natural potion-making skills.

Why Can't Muggles See Hogwarts? - Harry Potter Explained

Is Harry a pureblood?

Harry himself is a half-blood, since his pure-blood father, James, married a Muggle-born witch named Lily, and his maternal grandparents were Muggles.

How is Hermione a heir of Slytherin?

Her real parents were Daneel and Dean Novak, Pureblooded wizards. Turns out Daneel was Tom Riddles younger sister, Daneel Riddle. Of course, the Riddles were related to Salzar Slytherin himself, and this made Hermione the living heir of Slytherin.

Are the Weasleys pure-blood?

In contrast to the Malfoys and the Blacks, the Weasleys are a pure-blood family known for their warmth and support for one another. They actively reject the pure-blood supremacist ideology, and are inclusive and supportive of Muggle-born wizards.

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.

Are there any Muggle borns in Slytherin?

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

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.

Can a Muggle use a wand?

According to CBR.com, Muggles actually can use a wand — they just can't master it.

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.

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.

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.

Do Hermione's parents ever remember her?

After the conclusion of the Second Wizarding War, Hermione sought out her parents and returned their memories. They presumably then returned to England.

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.

Who is the richest family in Hogwarts?

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").

Why is Ron not in Hufflepuff?

Ron had the traits of a Hufflepuff, but valued Griffindor more.

Who is the true heir of Gryffindor?

Harry, as heir of Gryffindor, possessed the love of this Muggle-born woman in his very blood and was the perfect champion to stand up against the heir of Slytherin.

Why wasn't Neville in Hufflepuff?

He actually asked the Sorting Hat to place him in Hufflepuff, as he was intimidated by Gryffindor's reputation for bravery, but the Sorting Hat didn't agree.