Category talk:Mixed Blood

"Mixed blood"
I was just wondering why my half blood character has been moved here? both Voldemort and Severus Snape are half bloods, born to a magical parent and a muggle. Aren't all non-pure or muggleborns held under the rather broad term of "half-blood"?

"The term 'half-blood' is misleading in that it does not necessarily imply a half-and-half split in wizarding/Muggle ancestry, but rather any sort of 'impurity' up to two generations back.

The ancestry of a half-blood can be:


 * One pure- or half-blood parent, one Muggle parent — e.g. Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan


 * One pure- or half-blood parent, one Muggle-born parent — e.g. Harry Potter, Nymphadora Tonks, Albus Dumbledore

JasmineJo
 * Two magical parents, known Muggle ancestry — e.g. Ted Lupin, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Lily Luna Potter"