Severus Snape is also a half-blood (he gave himself the nickname "The Half-Blood Prince"), as his father Tobias Snape was a Muggle. 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.

Why is Harry Potter a half-blood and not a pure-blood?

By the 1990s, most of the magical population were half-bloods. The children of Harry and Ginny Potter were considered half-bloods because although Ginny was pure-blood, Harry's mother was Muggle-born. The term was used as an insult from members of fanatical pure-blood families.

How is Hermione a half-blood?

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. The most prominent Muggle-born in the Harry Potter series is Hermione Granger, who was born to Muggles of undisclosed names.

Why did Bellatrix call Harry half-blood?

Because to a pureblood fanatic like Bellatrix, Harry is a Mudblood because one of his parents (Lily Evans) was a Muggleborn. Anyone with Muggle ancestry is one, including Snape since his father was a Muggle (Tobias).

Was Lily Potter a half-blood?

Lily Luna Potter (b. c. 2008) was an English half-blood witch, the youngest child and only daughter of Harry and Ginevra Potter (née Weasley). Lily had two older brothers, James Sirius and Albus Severus Potter.

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Who is Hermione's daughter?

Rose Granger-Weasley was the daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. She attended Hogwarts for the first time in the same year as Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy. Unlike the boys, Rose was sorted into Gryffindor, following in the footsteps of her parents.

Is Sirius Black a pureblood?

Despite being a pure-blood, he didn't believe that he was superior to other witches, wizards and Muggles. He had a lot going for him and his well-placed morals were even more impressive if you think about the start that he had in life. Sirius came from a family of pure-blood fanatics.

Was Bellatrix pregnant with Voldemort's child?

In the Cursed Child we find out that Bellatrix and Voldemort had a daughter, which means that Bellatrix would have been pregnant during the books.

Is Bellatrix Voldemort's wife?

No, Bellatrix is not Voldemort's wife. She is Rodolphus Lestrange's wife, which was probably a forced marriage because she loves moldy body. JK Rowling considers the book cannon.

Is Draco's mom Bellatrix sister?

Bellatrix is a member of the Black Family and is the cousin of Sirius Black. Bellatrix is the daughter of Cygnus and Druella Black and sister to Andromeda (mother of Nymphadora Tonks) and Narcissa (mother of Draco Malfoy).

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 did Draco call Hermione?

He took particular pleasure in taunting Hermione Granger, who just happened to have Muggle parents. Malfoy called her 'Mudblood', a very grave insult referring to a wizard or witch born to non-magic parents.

What happens when 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.

Is Luna Lovegood a pureblood?

Luna Lovegood is a Pureblood witch, who was sorted into Gryffindor House during Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.

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 got Bellatrix pregnant?

In the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which has become part of "Harry Potter" canon, it was revealed that Bellatrix conceived a child with none other than Lord Voldemort.

Who was Voldemort's girlfriend?

Before her death, Bellatrix secretly gave birth to an illegitimate daughter named Delphini, whom she conceived with her beloved master, Lord Voldemort. Delphini was conceived sometime after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in 1996 and before the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998.

Who is Voldemort's child?

In Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, it is revealed that Bellatrix gave birth to Voldemort's daughter Delphi in Malfoy Manor before the Battle of Hogwarts.

Who raised Voldemort's daughter?

As Bellatrix and Voldemort were both killed in the Battle and Bellatrix's husband Rodolphus was imprisoned at Azkaban, Delphi was raised by Euphemia Rowle, a Death Eater. However, the life at Euphemia's was miserable for Delphi as Rowle did not really care for her and only took her in because she was paid for it.

Who is Voldemort's baby mama?

In the Cursed Child, Bellatrix and Voldemort produce a daughter named Delphi. She was supposed to be born a few weeks before the Battle of Hogwarts and was subsequently orphaned when both mother and father were killed.

How did Bellatrix get pregnant?

She had a child with Voldemort

In the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which has become part of "Harry Potter" canon, it was revealed that Bellatrix conceived a child with none other than Lord Voldemort.

What house was Umbridge in?

Under the influence of her father, Dolores grew up despising her mother and brother for their lack of magical abilities. She was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and hated her time at the school due to never being given any positions of power.

Who killed Remus Lupin?

Remus fought at the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May 1998, during which his wife was murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange. Remus was also murdered by Death Eater Antonin Dolohov, during the first half of the same battle. His death was possibly avenged by Filius Flitwick.

Who is Draco to Sirius?

Draco Malfoy

Draco's mother is Narcissa Black, which makes Draco Sirius' second cousin. So once again we find this family tree getting just a bit more complex and twisted. Thankfully this is a connection that Harry failed to notice, at least to our knowledge.