Say what you will about J.K. Rowling. This is not the post to discuss her feelings and opinions. Instead, we wanted to address a straightforward question; is Harry Potter a Muggle? This might appear to be a stupid question, but some readers are generally curious about the answer.
We know, of course, that Harry Potter is NOT a muggle; we wanted to explore how he isn’t one and the difference between a muggle-born and a squib.
Harry Potter The Half-Blood
To be a half-blood magical human, you need one of the following:
- A muggle parent and a magical parent.
- Two half-blood parents.
- A muggle-born parent and a pure-blood parent.
- A pure-blood parent and a half-blood parent.
For Harry Potter, his mother, Lily, was a muggle-born witch, meaning her parents were both muggles. She was the only magical person in her family, as her older sister, Petunia, was also a muggle. Harry’s father, James, was a pureblood wizard from a long-existing magical family.
Marrying A Pure-Blood And Having Half-Blood Children
Upon adulthood, Harry Potter marries Ginny Weasley, the younger sister of his best friend, Ron Weasley. They have three children, all of whom are half-bloods. They have sons, James Sirius and Albus Severus, and a daughter Lily Luna.
The children are half-bloods because they have a muggle-born grandparent in their paternal grandmother, Lily. Also, their father is a half-blood, while their mother is a pureblood. If their grandfather James had married a pureblood, they and their dad would be pure-blooded.
Example Of Half-Bloods That Are Born To Half-Bloods
Like with a battery, two-half-bloods cannot have a pure-blooded child. So, we wanted to review a couple of examples of half-bloods whose parents are half-bloods.
So, the only example is Teddy Lupin, Harry’s godson and the son of Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin.
Nymphadora, preferably known by her last name, is the daughter of Ted Tonks, a muggle-born wizard and Andromeda Black, a pureblood witch hailing from the notorious blood purity-crazed Black family.
Remus’s father, Lyall, is either a pureblood or half-blood, and his mother, Hope, is a muggle.
Why Rowling chose to have only Teddy be a half-blood born to two half-bloods is unclear. But it is a fascinating idea.
Conclusion
Is Harry Potter a muggle? No, he is not, but he does have muggle blood because he has muggle grandparents.
