Blood purity (Harry Potter)

Blood purity is a concept in the fictional Harry Potter book series. It is a form of class prejudice and also has analogies to racism.

Notable Individuals

Notable Pure-Bloods

Along with the members of notable pure-blood families, the following individuals are also known to be pure-blood:

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• James Potter
• Ernie Macmillan
• Horace Slughorn

Notable Half-Bloods

• Muggle Ancestry
• Harry Potter: James Potter was pure-blood, Lily Evans Muggle-born.
• Tom Riddle (Lord Voldemort): Father, Tom Riddle Sr., was a Muggle; mother, Merope Gaunt, pure-blood.
• Severus Snape: Mother was a pure-blood witch, Eileen Prince; father was Tobias Snape, a muggle.
• Remus Lupin: A half-blood per J.K. Rowling's interview (World Book Day Chat).
• Nymphadora Tonks: Father, Ted Tonks, was Muggle-born, mother, Andromeda Black, pure-blood.
• Seamus Finnigan: Muggle father, pure-blood mother.
• Dean Thomas: Muggle mother, father a wizard wrongly presumed to be a Muggle.
• Other Ancestry
• Fleur Delacour: Part-veela
• Rubeus Hagrid: Hagrid's father was a wizard, while his mother was a giantess.
• Olympe Maxime: Part-giant, Part-wizard
• Filius Flitwick: Part-goblin, Part-wizard (goblin ancestry is minimal)

Notable Muggle-borns

• Penelope Clearwater
• Colin Creevey
• Dennis Creevey
• Dirk Cresswell
• Justin Finch-Fletchley
• Hermione Granger
• Lily Potter
• Ted Tonks

Notable Squibs

• Argus Filch
• Mrs Arabella Figg