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 is Hermione a witch if she has Muggle parents?

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.

How did Hermione get into Hogwarts if her parents are Muggles?

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 can someone be a wizard with Muggle parents?

Witches and wizards with non-magical parents are called Muggle-borns. There have also been some children known to have been born to one magical and one non-magical parent. People of this mixed parentage are called half-bloods; magical people with any Muggle ancestry on the one side or the other are half-bloods as well.

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.

When Did Hermione Find out That She's a WITCH? - 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 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.

What happens if a Muggle sees magic?

Wizarding law

Wizards and witches hid their world with Muggle-Repelling Charms, and if a Muggle witnessed a magical event or saw a magical creature such as a dragon, their memories were erased.

Are there any Muggle borns in Slytherin?

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

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 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 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.

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.

How do Muggles get accepted into Hogwarts?

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).

Is Hermione stronger than Harry?

To her credit, Hermione is capable of advanced spells beyond her years, and she knows when and where to cast them. However, fighting another wizard is different from charming or transfiguring an object, and if Harry really wanted to, he could overpower Hermione in a serious duel.

What happens if a Muggle gets a wand?

A Muggle gaining one wouldn't just effectively have a stick in their hand but could produce an uncontrollable magical effect."

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.

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.

Who is the most powerful Muggle-born?

Moaning Myrtle is perhaps the most powerful muggle-born ghost, other than Lily Potter because she physically stays in the girl's lavatory on the third floor for the foreseeable future.

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 was the wealthiest 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.

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").

Who was the richest wizard in Harry Potter?

This is the only known item like it in the Wizarding World, putting Flamel in a league of his own. Nicolas Flamel is easily the richest character in Harry Potter.