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Hagrid: "See, the thing is, Harry, there're some wizards, like the Malfoy family, who think they're better'n everyone else because they’re what people call 'pure-blood'."

Harry Potter: "That's horrible!"

Hagrid: "And it's codswallop, to boot. 'Dirty blood.' Why, there isn’t a wizard alive today that’s not half blood or less."

— Rubeus Hagrid and Harry Potter discussing blood purity.^[src]

Pure-blood is the term for wizards and witches who have a purely or approximately pure magical heritage. This means that there are no Muggles in their family trees, but this is rarely, if ever, true if families are traced back all the way, for if wizards didn't mate with Muggles, their race would die out. Because the only way for a family to retain their pure-blood status is to marry other pure-bloods, all pure-blood families were related to one another by the 1990s. Because of inbreeding among pure-bloods and some marrying Muggles and Muggle-borns, the number of families claiming to be pure-blood is declining^[1].

Pure-bloods are people who have no Muggles in their family. Traditionalist pure-bloods like to keep the generations "pure" by breeding with other pure-bloods and are generally the ones who use the term "Mudblood", a term considered derogatory by the wizarding world. Mudblood means Muggle-born, suggesting they have dirty blood and thus have no right to be a witch/wizard. Pure-bloods who do not share these prejudices are considered "blood traitors" by the ones that do.

In the 1930s a wizard named Cantankerus Nott published a Pure-Blood Directory featuring twenty-eight families he believed to be pure, though many objected to this designation.

Maintaining "purity"Edit

"So-called pure-blood families mantain their alleged purity by disowning, banishing, or lying about Muggles or Muggle-borns on their family trees. Then they attempt to foist their hypocrisy upon the rest of us by asking us to ban works dealing with the truths they deny. There is not a witch or wizard in existence whose blood has not mingled with that of Muggles..."

—Albus Dumbledore in a response to Lucius Malfoy^[src]

Some pure-blood families can trace their pure-blood status through many generations of magical ancestors and deny ever having any Muggles within the family, such as the House of Black, the motto of which is "Toujours pur", meaning "Always (or Still) Pure". However, the truth is that if they ever did exist in the past, true pure-blood wizards and witches do not exist today. They merely erase Squibs, Muggle-borns and Muggles from their family trees.^[1]

"The pure-blood families are all interrelated. If you’re only going to let your sons and daughters marry pure-bloods your choice is very limited; there are hardly any of us left."

—Sirius Black^[src]

Half-bloods who consider blood purity very important also hide their Muggle ancestry, clinging to the magical heritage they do have.^[2] Many Death Eaters are believed to have done this, and their leader himself took on the name Lord Voldemort out of a desire not to keep the name of his "filthy Muggle father"^[3]. It is likely that Voldemort told his followers he was a pure-blood, given the reaction of Bellatrix Lestrange to Harry's "accusation" that he was in fact a half-blood^[4].

Voldemort: "Many of our oldest family trees become a little diseased over time. You must prune yours, must you not, to keep it healthy? Cut away those parts that threaten the health of the rest."

Bellatrix: "Yes my Lord. At the first chance!"

Voldemort: "You shall have it. And in your family, so in the world...we shall cut away the canker that infects us until only those of the true blood remain..."

— Voldemort discussing blood purity with the Death Eaters^[src]

Many pure-blood families, such as the Blacks and Gaunts, practice marrying cousins in order to maintain their pure-blood status, and disown any members who marry someone who is not a pure-blood. This practice has been known to cause problems as families become inbred; for example, the Gaunts showed signs of violent tendencies, mental instability, and even diminished magical capability.^[2] The number of pure-bloods is diminishing over time because of inbreeding^[1].

"The Death Eaters can't all be pure-blood, there aren't enough pure-blood wizards left. I expect most of them are half-bloods, pretending to be pure."

—Hermione Granger on the Death Eaters^[src]

Most wizards and witches consider a person to be pure-blood if all four of his or her grandparents were wizards and witches.^{[citation needed]} More extreme purists require that there be no known Muggle ancestry at all.

AttitudeEdit

"I really don't think they should let the other sort in, do you? They’re just not the same, they've never been brought up to know our ways. Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families."

—Draco Malfoy^[src]

Some pure-bloods regard themselves as superior to those witches and wizards who are born to Muggles and half-bloods. They believe that Muggles are little more than animals, and that Muggle-borns, whom they derisively call "Mudbloods", are second-class citizens who are inferior and unworthy of being allowed to practice magic. Many also discriminate against half-breeds, werewolves, and magical creatures such as Centaurs.

Salazar Slytherin believed that only pure-bloods should be allowed to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and educated in magic; this was the cause of his conflict with the other Founders and his leaving the school. However, he left behind the Chamber of Secrets in the hope that one day his heir would open the Chamber and release the basilisk within to target Muggle-born students. Tom Marvolo Riddle was this heir, and the basilisk petrified several Muggle-born students in 1943 and the 1992–1993 school year and managed to kill one student, Myrtle, in 1943.^[3]

Tom Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort, continued his persecution of those who were not pure-bloods (ironically being a half-blood himself) with his followers, the Death Eaters. They strived to place pure-bloods in control of the wizarding world and to rid it of Muggle-borns. When Voldemort succeeded in taking over the Ministry of Magic during the height of the Second Wizarding War, his followers created the Muggle-Born Registration Commission in order to weed Muggle-borns out of the population, and send them to Azkaban for allegedly stealing magic. Pure-bloods were also blatantly favoured within the Ministry and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^[5]

However, there are pure-bloods who do not have these beliefs, and instead treat all magical people and Muggles as equals. These pure-blood folk are often labelled "blood traitors" by the more fanatical pure-bloods.^[3]

Known pure-bloodsEdit

Pure-blood family	Current status	Known pure-blood members
Black	Extant only in female line^[6]	Alexia Walkin Black, Alphard Black, Andromeda Tonks née Black, Arcturus Black I, Arcturus Black II, Arcturus Black III, Bellatrix Lestrange née Black, Belvina Burke née Black, Callidora Longbottom née Black, Cassiopeia Black, Cedrella Weasley née Black, Charis Crouch née Black , Cygnus Black I, Cygnus Black II, Cygnus Black III, Dorea Potter née Black, Eduardus Limette Black, Elladora Black, Isla Hitchens née Black, Lucretia Prewett née Black, Lycoris Black, Marius Black, Misapinoa Blishwick née Black, Narcissa Malfoy née Black, Orion Black, Phineas Nigellus Black, Phineas Black, Pollux Black, Phoebe Black, Regulus Black I, Regulus Black II, Sirius Black I, Sirius Black II, Sirius Black III, Walburga Black
Blishwick	Unknown	Jimbo Blishwick, Misapinoa Blishswick née Black
Brown	Unknown	Lavender Brown
Bulstrode	Extant, but likely no longer pure-blood^[7]	Violetta Black née Bulstrode
Burke	Unknown	Belvina Burke née Black, Caractacus Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Herbert Burke
Cornfoot	Unknown, possibly extant	Stephen Cornfoot
Crabbe	Possibly extinct in male line^[8], Extant in female line^[9]	Irma Black née Crabbe, Vincent Crabbe, Mr. Crabbe
Crouch	Will soon be extinct^[10]	Barty Crouch Sr., Barty Crouch Jr., Caspar Crouch, Caspar Crouch's son, Caspar Crouch's daughters, Charis Crouch née Black, Mrs. Crouch, Barty Sr.'s grandfather
Flint	Extant	Marcus Flint, Ursula Black née Flint
Gamp	Unknown	Hesper Black née Gamp
Gaunt	Extinct	Marvolo Gaunt, Merope Gaunt, Morfin Gaunt
Goyle	Extant	Gregory Goyle, Mr. Goyle
Greengrass	Extant	Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass
Lestrange	Possibly extinct^[11]	Bellatrix Lestrange née Black, Lestrange Sr., Rabastan Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange
Longbottom	Extant but no longer all pure-blood	Algie ^[12], Alice Longbottom, Augusta Longbottom, Callidora Longbottom née Black, Enid^[13], Frank Longbottom, Harfang Longbottom, Harfang Longbottom's son, Harfang Longbottom's daughter, Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom's grandfather^[14]
MacDougal	Extant	Katherine MacDougal, Morag MacDougal
Macmillan	Extant	Ernie Macmillan, Melania Black née Macmillan
Malfoy	Extant	Abraxas Malfoy, Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass, Brutus Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy née Black, Scorpius Malfoy
Max	Unknown	Ella Black née Max
Meliflua	Unknown	Araminta Meliflua
Moody	Extinct	Alastor Moody
Nott	Extant	Nott Sr., Mrs. Nott, Theodore Nott
Peverell	Extant only in female line	Antioch Peverell, Cadmus Peverell, Ignotus Peverell, Ignotus Peverell's son
Potter	Extant, but no longer pure-blood^[15]	Charlus Potter, Dorea Potter née Black, Charlus and Dorea's son, James Potter I, Mr. Potter, Mrs. Potter
Prewett	Extant only in female line	Fabian Prewett, Gideon Prewett, Ignatius Prewett, Lucretia Prewett née Black, Molly Weasley née Prewett, Mr. Prewett, Mrs. Prewett, Muriel^[16]
Prince	Most likely extinct^[17]	Eileen Snape née Prince
Rosier	Extant (at least in female line)	Druella Black née Rosier, Evan Rosier
Selwyn	Unknown	Selwyn, Dolores Umbridge (claimed^[18])
Shafiq	Extant in the early 1930s
Slughorn	Extant	Horace Slughorn
Slytherin	Extinct^[19]	Salazar Slytherin
Thurkell	Unknown, but probably no longer pure-blood	Thaddeus Thurkell
Tripe	Unknown	Mrs Black née Tripe
Urquart	Unknown	Elphinstone Urquart
Weasley	Extant, but no longer all pure-blood	Arthur Weasley, Arthur's two brothers, Bilius^[20], Cedrella Weasley née Black, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley née Prewett, Percy Weasley, Ron Weasley, Septimus Weasley
Yaxley	Extant (at least in female line) ^[21]	Lysandra Black née Yaxley, Yaxley

OtherEdit

Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini^[2] are likely pure-bloods, or at least claim to be based on the attitudes they express towards "mudbloods"and "blood traitors", and their affiliation with the prejudiced Draco Malfoy.

Possible pure-bloodsEdit

Due to their affiliation to Slytherin and Lord Voldemort many wizards and witches may be considered pure-bloods. Others have openly express their prejudice toward Half-bloods and Muggle-borns, which is another reason to believe they are pure-blood supremacist. Some even become Death Eaters.

Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini have shown a despective attitude toward "mudbloods"

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Possible pure-blood family	Current status	Known pure-blood members
Avery	Unknown	Avery Sr., Avery Jr. ^[22]. The family was on the Sacred Twenty-Eight list.
Bletchley	Unknown, most likely extant	Bletchley, Kevin Bletchley, Miles Bletchley ^[23]
Carrow	Extant	Alecto and Amycus Carrow; Flora and Hestia Carrow ^[24]
Dumbledore	Possibly extant but no longer pure-blood	Percival Dumbledore
Fudge	Extant	Cornelius Fudge , Rufus Fudge
Gibbon	Unknown, most likely extinct	Gibbon
Higgs	Most likely extant	Bertie Higgs, Terence Higgs
Lowe	Unknown, possibly extinct	Sinistra Lowe
Macnair	Unknown	Walden Macnair
Montague	Most likely extant	Graham Montague, Mr. and Mrs. Montague
Mulciber	Unknown	Mulciber Sr., Mulciber Jr.^[25]
Orpington	Most likely extant	Evangeline Orpington, Nerys Orpington
Parkinson	Extant at least in female line	Pansy Parkinson ^[26]
Pyrites	Unknown	Pyrites ^[27], Argo Pyrites
Perks	Unknown, most likely extant	Sally-Anne Perks
Rowle	Unknown	Thorfinn Rowle. The family was on the Sacred Twenty-Eight list.
Runcorn	Probably extant	Albert Runcorn ^[28], Runcorn
Umbridge	Extant	Dolores Umbridge ^[29]
Wilkes	Possibly extinct	Wilkes
Zabini	Extant	Blaise Zabini ^[30]

Author's commentsEdit

On the subject of blood purity , J. K. Rowling has said the following:

The expressions ‘pure-blood’, ‘half-blood’ and ‘Muggle-born’ have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators’ prejudice. As far as somebody like Lucius Malfoy is concerned, for instance, a Muggle-born is as ‘bad’ as a Muggle. Therefore Harry would be considered only ‘half’ wizard, because of his maternal grandparents. If you think this is far-fetched, look at some of the real charts the Nazis used to show what constituted ‘Aryan’ or ‘Jewish’ blood...the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda.^[31]

This statement may indicate that all of a wizard or witch's grandparents must have magical heritage — i.e. that he or she cannot have a single Muggle or Muggle-born grandparent — in order for him or her to be considered pure-blood. The detailed and lengthy family trees maintained by pure-blood families such as the House of Black^[4] suggest that more than two generations of magical heritage are required to be considered pure-blood. However, this may only be the standard applied by extremists.

Behind the scenesEdit

On J. K. Rowling's draft list of students in Harry Potter's class, which is not considered canon due to several contradictions with the novels, the following students were mentioned as pure-bloods^[32]:
- Lavender Brown
- Stephen Cornfoot
- Katherine MacDougal (Possibly a precursor to Morag McDougal)
- Morag MacDougal
Coincidentally, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley are all the three types of wizards; Harry being a half-blood, Hermione being Muggle-born, and Ron being a pure-blood.
Many characters mention throughout the series that blood purity doesn't matter, often using Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom as examples. Despite Neville's pure-blood heritage, he is not an extremely talented wizard, and isn't very skilled until later in life; however, Hermione is a supremely gifted witch despite her Muggle-born status, and preformed very well right from the beginning.

AppearancesEdit

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 F.A.Q. Section: "Are all the pure-blood families going to die out?" at J.K. Rowling's Official Site
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
↑ Sirius and Regulus Black both died without having had children. Their cousins Andromeda Tonks née Black and Narcissa Malfoy née Black both had children, as well as Cedrella Black, their distant cousin; thus the Black family continues in the female line through the Malfoy family, Weasley Family and subsequently, Potter family (through Ginevra Weasley's marriage, and children, to Harry Potter), Tonks family and, subsequently, Lupin family, though only the first is (entirely) pure blood.
↑ Millicent Bulstrode is a half-blood witch, indicating that the Bulstrodes married Muggles and/or Muggle-borns.
↑ Vincent Crabbe died in 1998; it is unknown if he had any siblings or if they had issue.
↑ Through Irma's descendants.
↑ Barty Crouch Jr. is the last member of the Crouch family, and, as he was given the Dementor's Kiss in 1995, is highly unlikely to ever have children.
↑ Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange never had children; the latter died in 1998 and the former is either dead or imprisoned in Azkaban as of the same period, as is his brother, Rabastan Lestrange, who does not seem to have been married.
↑ Algie is a relative of the Longbottoms, though it is unknown if his surname is Longbottom.
↑ Enid is a relative of the Longbottoms, though it is unknown if her surname is Longbottom.
↑ It is unknown if the "Grandad" Neville once mentioned was his paternal or maternal grandfather.
↑ Harry Potter and his children are half-bloods.
↑ Muriel is an aunt of Molly Weasley née Prewett, though it is unknown if her surname is Prewett.
↑ The only known member of the Prince family was Eileen Prince, who had only one child, Severus Snape. Snape died in 1998 without having any children.
↑ Ch. 13 of Deathly Hallows confirms that the Selwyns are a pure-blood family, though it is unclear if Umbridge was being truthful about her own relation to them or her own blood status, as she was trying to "bolster her own pure-blood credentials". See Talk:Selwyn family for more information.
↑ Slytherin’s only known descendants died with the Gaunts and Tom Riddle.
↑ Bilius is a relative of the Weasleys, though it is unknown if he is a relation of Arthur or Molly.
↑ Through Lysandra's descendants.
↑ Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin
↑ Slytherin affiliation
↑ Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin
↑ Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin
↑ prejudiced toward half-blood and muggle-borns and affiliated to Draco Malfoy
↑ Loyal to Voldemort
↑ Loyal to Voldemort's regime, Muggle-born intimidator
↑ Loyal to Voldemort's regime, known for her perjudice againts half-breeds and claimed to be member of the Selwyn family
↑ prejudiced toward half-blood and muggle-borns and affiliated to Draco Malfoy
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[5] Sirius and Regulus Black both died without having had children. Their cousins Andromeda Tonks née Black and Narcissa Malfoy née Black both had children, as well as Cedrella Black, their distant cousin; thus the Black family continues in the female line through the Malfoy family, Weasley Family and subsequently, Potter family (through Ginevra Weasley's marriage, and children, to Harry Potter), Tonks family and, subsequently, Lupin family, though only the first is (entirely) pure blood.

[6] Millicent Bulstrode is a half-blood witch, indicating that the Bulstrodes married Muggles and/or Muggle-borns.

[7] Vincent Crabbe died in 1998; it is unknown if he had any siblings or if they had issue.

[8] Through Irma's descendants.

[9] Barty Crouch Jr. is the last member of the Crouch family, and, as he was given the Dementor's Kiss in 1995, is highly unlikely to ever have children.

[10] Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange never had children; the latter died in 1998 and the former is either dead or imprisoned in Azkaban as of the same period, as is his brother, Rabastan Lestrange, who does not seem to have been married.

[11] Algie is a relative of the Longbottoms, though it is unknown if his surname is Longbottom.

[12] Enid is a relative of the Longbottoms, though it is unknown if her surname is Longbottom.

[13] It is unknown if the "Grandad" Neville once mentioned was his paternal or maternal grandfather.

[14] Harry Potter and his children are half-bloods.

[15] Muriel is an aunt of Molly Weasley née Prewett, though it is unknown if her surname is Prewett.

[16] The only known member of the Prince family was Eileen Prince, who had only one child, Severus Snape. Snape died in 1998 without having any children.

[17] Ch. 13 of Deathly Hallows confirms that the Selwyns are a pure-blood family, though it is unclear if Umbridge was being truthful about her own relation to them or her own blood status, as she was trying to "bolster her own pure-blood credentials". See Talk:Selwyn family for more information.

[18] Slytherin’s only known descendants died with the Gaunts and Tom Riddle.

[19] Bilius is a relative of the Weasleys, though it is unknown if he is a relation of Arthur or Molly.

[20] Through Lysandra's descendants.

[21] Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin

[22] Slytherin affiliation

[23] Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin

[24] Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin

[25] rejudiced toward half-blood and muggle-borns and affiliated to Draco Malfoy

[26] Loyal to Voldemort

[27] Loyal to Voldemort's regime, Muggle-born intimidator

[28] Loyal to Voldemort's regime, known for her perjudice againts half-breeds and claimed to be member of the Selwyn family

[29] rejudiced toward half-blood and muggle-borns and affiliated to Draco Malfoy

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+[[File:Weasleys.jpg|thumb|250px|Four members of the pure-blood [[Weasley family]]. For sympathizing with [[Muggle]]s and being friendly with [[Muggle-born]]s, this pure-blood family is labeled as [[Blood traitor]]s]].{{Dialogue a-b-a|Hagrid|See, the thing is, Harry, there're some wizards, like the [[Malfoy family]], who think they're better'n everyone else because they’re what people call 'pure-blood'.|Harry Potter|That's horrible!|And it's codswallop, to boot. 'Dirty blood.' Why, there isn’t a wizard alive today that’s not half blood or less.|[[Rubeus Hagrid]] and [[Harry Potter]] discussing blood purity.|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)}}
-'''Pure-blood''' is the term for [[Wizardkind|wizards and witches]] who claim to be from families with purely [[magic]]al heritage. This means that there are no [[Muggle]]s in their family trees, but this is rarely true, for if wizards didn't mate with Muggles, their race would die out. Because the only way for a family to retain their pure-blood status is to marry other pure-bloods, all pure-blood families were related to one another by the [[1990s]]. Because of [[Wikipedia:Inbreeding|inbreeding]] among pure-bloods and some marrying Muggles and [[Muggle-born]]s, the number of families claiming to be pure-blood is declining<ref name="FAQ">[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=100 F.A.Q. Section: "Are all the pure-blood families going to die out?"] at [[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J.K. Rowling's Official Site]]</ref>.
+'''Pure-blood''' is the term for [[Wizardkind|wizards and witches]] who have a purely or approximately pure [[magic]]al heritage. This means that there are no [[Muggle]]s in their family trees, but this is rarely, if ever, true if families are traced back all the way, for if wizards didn't mate with Muggles, their race would die out. Because the only way for a family to retain their pure-blood status is to marry other pure-bloods, all pure-blood families were related to one another by the [[1990s]]. Because of [[Wikipedia:Inbreeding|inbreeding]] among pure-bloods and some marrying Muggles and [[Muggle-born]]s, the number of families claiming to be pure-blood is declining<ref name="FAQ">[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=100 F.A.Q. Section: "Are all the pure-blood families going to die out?"] at [[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J.K. Rowling's Official Site]]</ref>.
-Pure-bloods are people who have no Muggles in their family. Traditionalist pure-bloods like to keep the generations "pure" by breeding with other purebloods and are generally the ones who use the term "Mudblood", a term considered derogatory by the wizarding world. Mudblood means Muggleborn, suggesting they have dirty blood and thus have no right to be a witch/wizard. Pure-bloods who do not share these prejudices are considered "blood traitors" by the ones that do.
+Pure-bloods are people who have no Muggles in their family. Traditionalist pure-bloods like to keep the generations "pure" by breeding with other pure-bloods and are generally the ones who use the term "Mudblood", a term considered derogatory by the wizarding world. Mudblood means Muggle-born, suggesting they have dirty blood and thus have no right to be a witch/wizard. Pure-bloods who do not share these prejudices are considered "blood traitors" by the ones that do.
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 Due to their affiliation to [[Slytherin]] and [[Lord Voldemort]] many wizards and witches may be considered pure-bloods. Others have openly express their prejudice toward [[Half-blood]]s and [[Muggle-born]]s, which is another reason to believe they are pure-blood [[Pure-blood supremacy|supremacist]]. Some even become [[Death Eaters]].
 [[File:Terrance Higgs.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Terrence Higgs was [[Slytherin]] student]]
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 ==Author's comments==
-On the subject of [[blood purity]], [[J. K. Rowling]] has said the following:
+On the subject of [[Blood status|blood purity]] , [[J. K. Rowling]] has said the following:
 :''The expressions ‘pure-blood’, ‘half-blood’ and ‘Muggle-born’ have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators’ prejudice. As far as somebody like Lucius Malfoy is concerned, for instance, a Muggle-born is as ‘bad’ as a Muggle. Therefore Harry would be considered only ‘half’ wizard, because of his maternal grandparents. If you think this is far-fetched, look at some of the real charts the Nazis used to show what constituted ‘Aryan’ or ‘Jewish’ blood...the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda.''<ref name="JKR">[[J. K. Rowling Official Site]]- previous version</ref>
-This statement may indicate that all of a wizard or witch's grandparents must have magical heritage — i.e. that he or she cannot have a single [[Muggle]] or [[Muggle-born]] grandparent — in order for him or her to be considered pure-blood. The detailed and lengthy family trees maintained by pure-blood families such as the [[House of Black]]<ref name="OTP" /> suggests that more than two generations of magical heritage are required to be considered pure-blood. However, this may only be the standard applied by extremists.
+This statement may indicate that all of a wizard or witch's grandparents must have magical heritage — i.e. that he or she cannot have a single [[Muggle]] or [[Muggle-born]] grandparent — in order for him or her to be considered pure-blood. The detailed and lengthy family trees maintained by pure-blood families such as the [[House of Black]]<ref name="OTP" /> suggest that more than two generations of magical heritage are required to be considered pure-blood. However, this may only be the standard applied by extremists.
 ==Behind the scenes==
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 **[[Morag MacDougal]]
 *Coincidentally, [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] are all the three types of [[Wizardkind|wizards]]; Harry being a [[half-blood]], Hermione being [[Muggle-born]], and Ron being a pure-blood.
-*Many characters mention throughout the series that blood purity doesn't matter, often using Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom as examples. Despite Neville's pure-blood heritage, he is not an extremely talented wizard, and isn't very skilled until later in life, however Hermione is a supremely gifted witch despite her Muggle-born status, and preformed very well right from the beginning.
+*Many characters mention throughout the series that blood purity doesn't matter, often using Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom as examples. Despite Neville's pure-blood heritage, he is not an extremely talented wizard, and isn't very skilled until later in life; however, Hermione is a supremely gifted witch despite her Muggle-born status, and preformed very well right from the beginning.
 ==Appearances==
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{Mention}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{Mention}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Mention}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 *''[[J. K. Rowling Official Site]]'' {{Mention}}
 *''[[Pottermore]]''
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 [[Category:Pure-bloods| ]]
+[[Category:Genetics]]