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{{Quote|The term 'pure-blood' refers to a family or individual without Muggle (non-magic) blood. The concept is generally associated with Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, whose aversion to teaching anybody of Muggle parentage eventually led to a breach with his three fellow founders, and his resignation from the school.|Where the term 'pure-blood' originated from|Pottermore}}
[[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)}}
 
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[[File:DH1 The Malfoy Family.png|250px|thumb|The ancient and highly prejudiced pure-blood [[Malfoy family]]]]
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'''Pure-blood''' was the term for [[Wizardkind|wizarding]] families who claimed to have no [[Non-magic people|Muggles]], [[Squib]]s, [[Muggle-born]]s, or [[half-blood]]s in their family tree; however, when traced back far enough, nearly every family tree had a few non-magical ancestors.<ref name="FAQ">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221629/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 {{JKRS}} - "Don't forget that, as Sirius revealed in 'Order of the Phoenix', none of these families is really 'pure' – in other words, they merely cross Muggles and Squibs off the family tree and pretend that they didn't exist. But yes, the number of families claiming to be pure is diminishing. By refusing to marry Muggles or Muggle-borns, they are finding it increasingly difficult to perpetuate themselves."</ref><ref name="malfoy">{{WW|the-malfoy-family}} - "From the imposition of the Statute of Secrecy onwards, no Malfoy has married a Muggle or Muggle-born. The family has, however, eschewed the somewhat dangerous practice of inter-marrying within such a small pool of pure-bloods that they become enfeebled or unstable, unlike a small minority of fanatic families such as the Gaunts and Lestranges, and many a half-blood appears on the Malfoy family tree."</ref><ref name="TBB">{{TBB}} - "Albus Dumbledore on “The Fountain of Fair Fortune”" - "So-called pure-blood families maintain their alleged purity by disowning, banishing or lying about Muggles or Muggle-borns on their family trees. They then 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, and I should there-fore consider it both illogical and immoral to remove works dealing with the subject from our students’ store of knowledge."</ref> Most wizards and witches considered an individual to be a pure-blood if his or her parents and grandparents were not Muggles, Squibs, or Muggle-borns.<ref name="harry">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221500/https://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=58 FAQ] at {{JKRS}} - "The expressions 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators' prejudices. 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 mother's grandparents.
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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. I saw one in the Holocaust Museum in Washington when I had already devised the 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' definitions, and was chilled to see that the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda."</ref>
   
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By [[1995]], the number of pure-blood families were declining. Most pure-blood families were related by then in an effort, by some, to retain their status by marrying only other pure-blood families, but it had eventually led to [[inbreeding]]. While some families, such as the [[Malfoy family|Malfoys]], had allowed for marrying half-bloods, many others such as the [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], [[House of Black|Blacks]], and [[Lestrange family|Lestranges]], required their family to only marry pure-blood individuals, or those with no Muggle, Muggle-born, or Squib ancestors, in order to maintain their “pure” bloodline.<ref name="malfoy"/><ref name="FAQ" /> This refusal of marrying Muggles or Muggle-borns had led to difficulty in propagating their families.<ref name="FAQ" />
'''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>.
 
   
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==Overview==
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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{{Quote|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]]'s overview of blood purity|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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Pure-blood individuals were people who had no [[Non-magic people|Muggles]], [[Muggle-born|Muggle-borns]], or [[Squib|Squibs]] as parents or grandparents.<ref name="harry" /> Traditionalist pure-bloods loved and strove to keep all the future generations "pure" by breeding with other pure-bloods, and were generally the ones who used the term "[[Mudblood]]" against Muggles, Muggle-borns, Squibs, and even half-bloods, a term considered highly derogatory by the [[Wizarding world]]. Families of pure-blood status often avoided marrying their heirs off to Muggles, Squibs, Muggle-borns, and [[half-blood]]s, believing that the next generation could lose their capability to perform magic.
   
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.
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In the [[1930s]], a wizard, commonly believed to be [[Cantankerus Nott]], wrote the ''[[Pure-Blood Directory]]'' featuring [[Sacred Twenty-Eight|twenty-eight families]] he believed to be truly pure-blooded, though many objected to this designation.<ref name="pureblood">{{WW|pure-blood}}</ref>
   
 
==Maintaining "purity"==
 
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{{Quote|So-called pure-blood families maintain 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...|Pure-blood wizards are not so pure|The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)}}
[[File:Bellatrix Black Family Tree.jpg|thumb|left|160px|[[Bellatrix Lestrange]] on the [[Black family tree tapestry]].]]
 
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[[File:Blackfamilytreeootp5.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[[Black Family Tapestry]]]]
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Some pure-blood families could trace their pure-blood status through many generations of magical ancestors and deny ever having any nonmagical ancestors within the family, such as the [[House of Black]], the motto of which is "Toujours pur", meaning "Always (or Still) Pure".<ref name="JKRtree">[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]]</ref><ref name="HOB">[[House of Black]] {{see image|File:Black family tapestry complete.jpg}}</ref> However, the truth is that even if they did exist in the past, true pure-blood wizards and witches did not exist in the present day, as [[Squib|Squibs]], [[Muggle-born|Muggle-borns]], and, especially, [[Half-blood|half-bloods]] were too common. These pure-blood families simply erased all Muggles, Squibs, and Muggle-borns from their family trees.<ref name="FAQ" />
   
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Bigoted and prejudiced half-bloods who considered [[Blood status|blood purity]] very important also hid their Muggle ancestry, clinging only to the magical heritage they did have.<ref name="HBP12">{{HBP|B|12}} - "“The Death Eaters can’t all be pure-blood, there aren’t enough pure-blood wizards left,” said Hermione stubbornly. “I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It’s only Muggle-borns they hate, they’d be quite happy to let you and Ron join up.”"</ref> Many [[Death Eaters]] and [[Snatchers]] were believed to have done this, and their leader himself took on the name [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] out of a desire to not keep the name of his ''"[[Tom Riddle Senior|''filthy Muggle father'']]."''<ref name="CS">{{COS}}</ref> It is likely that Voldemort told his followers he was a pure-blood, or that most of the Death Eaters and Snatchers knew better than to dare question his blood status, given the reaction of [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] to Harry's "accusation" that he was in fact a half-blood.
{{Quote|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]]|The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)}}
 
   
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Many pure-blood families, such as the [[House of Black|Blacks]] and [[House of Gaunt|Gaunts]], practised marrying their own cousins in order to maintain their pure-blood status, and disowned any members who married someone who was not a pure-blood or those who sympathised with Muggles or Muggle-borns.<ref name="Disown">[[:File:7427994840_cd441277c9_k.jpg|Black Family Tree Tapestry]] - Anyone on the tree by birth or marriage, and not disowned, is a pure-blood.</ref> This practice had been known to cause problems as families often became inbred because of this; for example, the Gaunts showed signs of violent tendencies, mental instability, and being enfeebled.<ref>{{OOTP|B|10}}</ref><ref name="malfoy" /> The number of pure-bloods had diminished over time because of said [[inbreeding]].<ref name="FAQ" />
Some pure-blood families can trace their pure-blood status through many generations of magical ancestors and deny ever having any [[Muggle]]s 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 [[Squib]]s, [[Muggle-born]]s and [[Muggle]]s from their family trees.<ref name="FAQ" />
 
 
{{Quote|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]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
 
Half-bloods who consider [[blood purity]] very important also hide their Muggle ancestry, clinging to the magical heritage they do have.<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref> Many [[Death Eaters]] are believed to have done this, and their leader himself took on the name [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] out of a desire not to keep the name of his "filthy Muggle father"<ref name="CS">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''</ref>. 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]]<ref name="OTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>.
 
 
[[File:DH1_The_Malfoy_Family.png|thumb|284px|The pure-blooded Malfoy family in [[1998]].]]{{Dialogue a-b-a|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!|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|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}Many pure-blood families, such as the [[House of Black|Blacks]] and [[House of Gaunt|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.<ref name="HBP" /> The number of pure-bloods is diminishing over time because of [[Wikipedia:Inbreeding|inbreeding]]<ref name="FAQ" />.
 
 
{{Quote|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]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}Most wizards and witches consider a person to be pure-blood if all four of his or her grandparents were wizards and witches.{{Fact}} More extreme purists require that there be no known Muggle ancestry at all.
 
   
 
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{{Quote|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 School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families.|[[Draco Malfoy]]'s prejudice concerning Muggle-borns|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
[[File:LuciusMalfoy1.jpg|thumb|254px|[[Lucius Malfoy]], a [[Pure-blood supremacy|pure-blood supremacist]]]]
 
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[[File:Salazar Slytherin WWHP.jpg|thumb|259x259px|[[Salazar Slytherin]], an infamous pure-blood supremacist]]
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Some pure-bloods regarded themselves as superior to those witches and wizards who were born to [[Non-magic people|Muggles]] and [[half-blood]]s. They believed that Muggles were just little more than animals and that [[Muggle-born]]s, whom they derisively called "[[Mudblood]]s". Mudblood itself was a highly pejorative term suggesting that Muggle-borns were inferior to pure-bloods and that they were supposed to be "third-class citizens", had “dirty” blood and were a big disgrace to the wizarding world, and thus had no right to be a witch/wizard and unworthy of being allowed to practise [[magic]]. Many also discriminated against [[half-breed]]s, [[giant]]s, [[Werewolf|werewolves]] and other [[Creature|magical creatures]]. Pure-bloods who did not share these prejudices were considered "[[blood traitor]]s" by the discriminatory ones that do.
   
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[[Salazar Slytherin]] believed that only pure-bloods should be allowed to attend [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and be educated in magic; this was the cause of his conflict with the three other [[Hogwarts founders]] and his permanent departure from the school. However, he left behind the [[Chamber of Secrets]] in a great hope that one day his heir would open the Chamber and release the [[Serpent of Slytherin|basilisk]] within to target all the Muggle-born students. [[Tom Riddle]] was this heir, and the basilisk [[Petrification|petrified]] several Muggle-born students in [[1943]] and the [[1992–1993 school year]] and managed to kill one student, [[Myrtle Warren]], in 1943.<ref name="CS" />
{{Quote|I really don't think they should let the [[Muggle-born|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 School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families.|[[Draco Malfoy]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
   
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Half-bloods who also considered [[Blood status|blood purity]] very important also denied their Muggle ancestry, clinging only to the magical heritage they did have.<ref name="HBP12" /> Tom Marvolo Riddle, for example, took on the name [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] out of a desire to not keep the name of his ''"[[Tom Riddle Senior|filthy Muggle father]]"'' and also called [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Lily J. Potter|mother]] ''"filthy Muggle mother."'' It is believed that Voldemort most likely told his followers that he was a pure-blood, or that most (if not all) of the Death Eaters and Snatchers knew better than to dare question his blood status. [[File:Weasley family.png|250px|thumb|left|Members of the pure-blood [[Weasley family]]: for sympathising with Muggles and being friendly with Muggle-borns, this pure-blood family is labelled as '[[blood traitor]]s']]
Some pure-bloods regard themselves as superior to those witches and wizards who are born to [[Muggle]]s and [[half-blood]]s. They believe that Muggles are little more than animals, and that [[Muggle-born]]s, whom they derisively call "[[Mudblood]]s", are second-class citizens who are inferior and unworthy of being allowed to practice [[magic]]. Many also discriminate against [[half-breed]]s, [[werewolf|werewolves]], and magical creatures such as [[Centaur]]s.
 
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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 strove to place pure-bloods in control of the wizarding world and to eventually rid it of Muggle-borns entirely. When Voldemort temporarily succeeded in [[Fall of the British Ministry of Magic|taking over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|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 straight to [[Azkaban]] for allegedly stealing magic simply by not being pure-blood. Pure-bloods were also blatantly favoured within the Ministry and, to a lesser extent, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, although half-bloods were sufficient to avoid prosecution.<ref name="DH">{{DH}}</ref> This oppression was eventually ceased after [[Voldemort's Last Stand|Voldemort's final death]] when [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]] became the new [[Minister for Magic]].
   
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However, there were pure-bloods who did not have these beliefs, and instead treated all magical people and Muggles as equals (for instance the [[Weasley family|Weasleys]]). These pure-blood folk were often labelled as "[[blood traitor]]s" by the more bigoted pure-bloods.<ref name="CS" /> There were also a few pure-bloods who were still fanatical, but also more lax about marriages and allowed their family members to marry Half-bloods, for example the [[Malfoy family|Malfoys]].
[[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 [[Tom Riddle|his heir]] would open the Chamber and release the [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|basilisk]] within to target Muggle-born students. [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] was this heir, and the basilisk [[petrification|petrified]] several Muggle-born students in [[1940s|1943]] and the [[1992–1993 school year]] and managed to kill one student, [[Myrtle]], in [[1940s|1943]].<ref name="CS" />
 
   
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==Known pure-blood families==
Tom Riddle, later known as [[Tom Riddle|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 [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|taking over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|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]].<ref name="DH">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref>
 
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[[File:Monmarcus.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Marcus Flint]].]]
 
[[File:BellatrixLestrangeRoomOfRequirementSmirk.png|thumb|100px|right|[[Bellatrix Lestrange|Bellatrix Lestrange née Black]].]]
 
[[File:Normal promo neville plant.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Neville Longbottom]].]]
 
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[[File:Molly Weasley HBP.JPG|thumb|right|100px|[[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley née Prewett]].]]
 
 
 
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|[[Lavender Brown]]
 
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|[[Alexia Walkin Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Alphard Black]],<ref>[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] - Alphard was disowned for giving gold to runaway nephew Sirius</ref> [[Andromeda Tonks|Andromeda Tonks née Black]],<ref>[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] - Andromeda Black was disowned for marrying Muggle-born Ted Tonks</ref> [[Arcturus Black I]]<ref name="HOB" /> [[Arcturus Black II]],<ref name="HOB" />, [[Arcturus Black III]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Belvina Black|Belvina Burke]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Callidora Black|Callidora Longbottom]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Cassiopeia Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Cedrella Black|Cedrella Weasley]] née Black<ref>[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] - Cedrella Black was disowned for marrying blood traitor Septimus Weasley</ref> [[Charis Black|Charis Crouch]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Cygnus Black I]]<ref name="HOB" />, [[Cygnus Black II]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Cygnus Black III]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Dorea Black|Dorea Potter]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Druella Black]] née Rosier,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Eduardus Limette Black]],<ref>[[:File:Black family tapestry complete.jpg]] - Disowned for an unknown reason</ref> [[Ella Max|Ella Black]] née Max,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Elladora Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Hesper Gamp|Hesper Black]] née Gamp,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Hesper Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Iola Black|Iola Hitchens]] née Black,<ref>[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] - Iola Black was disowned for marrying Muggle Bob Hitchens</ref> [[Irma Crabbe|Irma Black née Crabbe]]<ref name="HOB" /> [[Lucretia Black|Lucretia Prewett]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Lycoris Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Lysandra Yaxley|Lysandra Black]] née Yaxley,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Misapinoa Black|Misapinoa Blishwick née Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Narcissa Malfoy]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" />, [[Orion Black]]<ref name="JKRtree">[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]]</ref>, [[Phineas Nigellus Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Phineas Black]],<ref>[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] - Phineas was disowned for supporting Muggle Rights</ref> [[Pollux Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Phoebe Black]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Regulus Black I]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Regulus Black]] II,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Sirius Black I]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Sirius Black II]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Sirius Black III]],<ref>[[:File:JKRBlackFamilyTree.jpg|Black Family Tree]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] - Sirius Black was disowned for running away from home</ref> [[Ursula Flint|Ursula Black]] née Flint,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Violetta Bulstrode|Violetta Black]] née Bulstrode,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Walburga Black]]<ref name="HOB" />
  +
|-
  +
|[[Blishwick family|Blishwick]] (likely)<ref>Allowed to marry into the fanatical pure-blood Black family, without their spouse being disowned, so the family is likely pure-blood.</ref>
  +
| rowspan="2" |Unknown, possibly extinct
  +
|[[Jimbo Blishwick]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Misapinoa Black|Misapinoa Blishswick née Black]]<ref name="HOB" />
  +
|-
  +
|[[Brown family|Brown]]<ref name="HPM" />
  +
|[[Lavender Brown]]<ref name="HPMimage">{{HPM}} {{see image|File:Pagenotes.jpg}}</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Bulstrode family|Bulstrode]]
+
|[[Bulstrode family|Bulstrode]]<ref name="pureblood" />
 
|Extant, but likely no longer pure-blood<ref>[[Millicent Bulstrode]] is a [[half-blood]] witch, indicating that the Bulstrodes married Muggles and/or Muggle-borns.</ref>
 
|Extant, but likely no longer pure-blood<ref>[[Millicent Bulstrode]] is a [[half-blood]] witch, indicating that the Bulstrodes married Muggles and/or Muggle-borns.</ref>
  +
|[[Violetta Bulstrode|Violetta Black née Bulstrode]]<ref name="HOB" />
|
 
[[Violetta Bulstrode|Violetta Black née Bulstrode]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Burke family|Burke]]
+
|[[Burke family|Burke]]<ref name="pureblood" />
  +
| rowspan="2" | Unknown, possibly extant in female line
|Unknown
 
|[[Belvina Black|Belvina Burke née Black]], [[Caractacus Burke]], [[Elizabeth Burke]], [[Herbert Burke]]
+
|[[Belvina Black|Belvina Burke]] née Black,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Caractacus Burke]], [[Elizabeth Burke]], [[Herbert Burke]]<ref name="HOB" />
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|[[Carrow family|Carrow]]<ref name="pureblood" />
|Cornfoot
 
  +
|[[Alecto Carrow]], [[Amycus Carrow]], [[Carrow (Acolyte)|Carrow]]
|Unknown, possibly extant
 
|[[Stephen Cornfoot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Crabbe family|Crabbe]]
+
|[[Crabbe family|Crabbe]]<ref name="HOB" />
|Possibly extinct in male line<ref>[[Vincent Crabbe]] died in [[1998]]; it is unknown if he had any siblings or if they had issue.</ref>, Extant in female line<ref>Through Irma's descendants.</ref>
+
| Possibly extinct in male line,<ref>[[Vincent Crabbe]] died in [[1998]]; it is unknown if he had any siblings or if they had issue.</ref> Extant in female line<ref>Through Irma's descendants.</ref>
  +
|[[Irma Crabbe|Irma Black]] née Crabbe,<ref name="HOB" /> [[Vincent Crabbe]]<ref>{{WW|draco-malfoy}} - "In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe."</ref>
|[[Irma Crabbe|Irma Black née Crabbe]], [[Vincent Crabbe]], [[Crabbe|Mr. Crabbe]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Crouch family|Crouch]]
+
|[[Crouch family|Crouch]]<ref name="pureblood" />
  +
|Extinct<ref name="GOF36">{{GOF|B|36}}</ref>
|Will soon be extinct<ref>[[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|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.</ref>
 
|[[Bartemius Crouch Sr.|Barty Crouch Sr.]], [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch Jr.]], [[Caspar Crouch]], [[Caspar Crouch's son]], [[Caspar Crouch's daughters]], [[Charis Black|Charis Crouch née Black]], [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.'s mother|Mrs. Crouch]], [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.'s grandfather|Barty Sr.'s grandfather]]
+
|[[Bartemius Crouch Senior|Bartemius Crouch Snr]], [[Bartemius Crouch Junior|Bartemius Crouch Jnr]], [[Caspar Crouch]],<ref name="HOB" /> [[Caspar Crouch's son]],<ref name="JKRtree" /> [[Caspar Crouch's daughters]],<ref name="JKRtree" /> [[Charis Black|Charis Crouch]] née Black<ref name="HOB" />
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Flint family|Flint]]
+
|[[Fawley family|Fawley]]<ref name="pureblood" />
  +
|Unknown, possibly extant
|Extant
 
  +
|[[Hector Fawley]]
|[[Marcus Flint]], [[Ursula Flint|Ursula Black née Flint]]
 
  +
|-
  +
|[[Flint family|Flint]]<ref name="pureblood" />
  +
| Extant
  +
|[[Marcus Flint]], [[Ursula Flint|Ursula Black]] née Flint<ref name="HOB" />
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Gamp family|Gamp]]
+
|[[Gamp family|Gamp]]<ref name="HOB" />
 
|Unknown
 
|Unknown
|[[Hesper Gamp|Hesper Black née Gamp]]
+
|[[Hesper Gamp|Hesper Black]] née Gamp<ref name="HOB" />, [[Ulick Gamp]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[House of Gaunt|Gaunt]]
+
|[[House of Gaunt|Gaunt]]<ref name="pureblood" />
  +
|Extant only in female line but no longer pure-blood<ref>{{CC|P}}</ref>
|Extinct
 
  +
|[[Corvinus Gaunt]],<ref name="gaunt">{{HBP|B|10}} - "Generations of purebloods, wizards all — more than you can say, I don’t doubt!”"</ref> [[Gormlaith Gaunt]],<ref name="ilvermorny">{{WW|ilvermorny}}</ref> [[Marvolo Gaunt]],<ref name="gaunt" /> [[Merope Riddle|Merope Riddle née Gaunt]],<ref name="gaunt" /> [[Morfin Gaunt]],<ref name="gaunt" /> [[Rionach Sayre]] née Gaunt<ref name="ilvermorny" />
|[[Marvolo Gaunt]], [[Merope Gaunt]], [[Morfin Gaunt]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Goyle family|Goyle]]
 
|[[Goyle family|Goyle]]
  +
| rowspan="4" |Unknown, possibly extinct
|Extant
 
|[[Gregory Goyle]], [[Goyle|Mr. Goyle]]
+
|[[Gregory Goyle]], [[Goyle|Mr Goyle]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Greengrass family|Greengrass]]
 
|[[Greengrass family|Greengrass]]
  +
|[[Astoria Malfoy]] née Greengrass, [[Daphne Greengrass]]
|Extant
 
  +
|-
|[[Astoria Greengrass|Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass]], [[Daphne Greengrass]]
 
  +
|[[Kama family|Kama]]
  +
|[[Laurena Kama]], [[Mustafa Kama]], [[Yusuf Kama]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Lestrange family|Lestrange]]
 
|[[Lestrange family|Lestrange]]
  +
[[File:LestrangeCoatOfArms.png|168px|thumb|left]]
|Possibly extinct<ref>[[Rodolphus Lestrange|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.</ref>
 
|[[Bellatrix Lestrange|Bellatrix Lestrange née Black]], [[Lestrange|Lestrange Sr.]], [[Rabastan Lestrange]], [[Rodolphus Lestrange]]
+
|[[Bellatrix Lestrange]] née Black, [[Corvus Lestrange (I)|Corvus Lestrange I]], [[Cyrille Lestrange (I)|Cyrille Lestrange I]], [[Corvus Lestrange (II)|Corvus Lestrange II]], [[Corvus Lestrange (III)|Corvus Lestrange III]], [[Eglantine Lestrange]], [[Corvus Lestrange (IV)|Corvus Lestrange IV]], [[F. Lestrange]], [[Lestrange]], [[Leta Lestrange]], [[Rabastan Lestrange]], [[Radolphus Lestrange]], [[R. Lestrange]], [[Rodolphus Lestrange]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Longbottom family|Longbottom]]
 
|[[Longbottom family|Longbottom]]
|Extant but no longer all pure-blood
+
|Extant, but no longer all pure-blood
  +
|[[Algie Longbottom]], [[Alice Longbottom]], [[Augusta Longbottom]], [[Callidora Black|Callidora Longbottom]] née Black, [[Enid Longbottom]], [[Frank Longbottom]], [[Harfang Longbottom]], [[Harfang Longbottom's son]], [[Harfang Longbottom's daughter]], [[Neville Longbottom]], [[Frank Longbottom's father|Neville Longbottom's grandfather]]<ref>It is unknown if the "Grandad" Neville once mentioned was his paternal or maternal grandfather.</ref>
|[[Algie]]
 
<ref>Algie is a relative of the Longbottoms, though it is unknown if his surname is Longbottom.</ref>, [[Alice Longbottom]], [[Augusta Longbottom]], [[Callidora Black|Callidora Longbottom née Black]], [[Enid]]<ref>Enid is a relative of the Longbottoms, though it is unknown if her surname is Longbottom.</ref>, [[Frank Longbottom]], [[Harfang Longbottom]], [[Harfang Longbottom's son]], [[Harfang Longbottom's daughter]], [[Neville Longbottom]], [[Neville Longbottom's grandfather]]<ref>It is unknown if the "Grandad" Neville once mentioned was his paternal or maternal grandfather.</ref>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MacDougal family|MacDougal]]
 
|[[MacDougal family|MacDougal]]
|Extant
+
| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |Extant
|[[Katherine MacDougal]], [[Morag MacDougal]]
+
|[[Isobel MacDougal]], [[Morag MacDougal]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Macmillan family|Macmillan]]
 
|[[Macmillan family|Macmillan]]
|Extant
 
 
|
 
|
[[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]], [[Melania Macmillan|Melania Black née Macmillan]]
+
[[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]], [[Melania Macmillan|Melania Black]] née Macmillan
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Malfoy family|Malfoy]]
 
|[[Malfoy family|Malfoy]]
  +
[[File:Malfoy family crest2.jpg|168x168px|thumb|left]]
|Extant
 
|[[Abraxas Malfoy]], [[Astoria Greengrass|Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass]], [[Brutus Malfoy]], [[Draco Malfoy]], [[Lucius Malfoy]], [[Narcissa Malfoy|Narcissa Malfoy née Black]], [[Scorpius Malfoy]]
+
|[[Abraxas Malfoy]], [[Armand Malfoy]], [[Astoria Malfoy]] née Greengrass, [[Brutus Malfoy]], [[Draco Malfoy]], [[Lucius Malfoy I]], [[Lucius Malfoy]] II, [[Narcissa Malfoy]] née Black, [[Nicholas Malfoy]], [[Septimus Malfoy]], [[Scorpius Malfoy]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|Max
|
 
Max
 
 
|Unknown
 
|Unknown
  +
|[[Ella Max|Ella Black]] née Max
|
 
[[Ella Max|Ella Black née Max]]
 
|-
 
|
 
Meliflua
 
|Unknown
 
|
 
[[Araminta Meliflua]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Moody family|Moody]]
 
|[[Moody family|Moody]]
  +
|Most likely extinct
|Extinct
 
 
|[[Alastor Moody]]
 
|[[Alastor Moody]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Nott family|Nott]]
 
|[[Nott family|Nott]]
 
|Extant
 
|Extant
  +
|[[Cantankerus Nott]], [[Theodore Nott]]<ref name="rowling">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221032/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=5 Malfoy & Nott]" at [https://web.archive.org/web/20060316212048/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff.cfm Extra Stuff] at {{JKRS}}</ref><ref name="blood">{{WW|draco-malfoy}} - "In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe."</ref>
|[[Nott|Nott Sr.]], [[Theodore Nott's mother|Mrs. Nott]], [[Theodore Nott]]
 
  +
|-
  +
|[[Ollivander family|Ollivander]]
  +
|Extant, but no longer pure-blood
  +
|[[Geraint Ollivander]], [[Gerbold Ollivander]], [[Gervaise Ollivander]], [[Garrick Ollivander]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Parkinson family|Parkinson]]
  +
|Most likely extant
  +
|[[Perseus Parkinson]], [[Pansy Parkinson]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|[[Peverell family|Peverell]]<ref>{{DH|B|22}} - "The only place I’ve managed to find the name ‘Peverell’ is Nature’s Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy. I borrowed it from Kreacher,” she explained as Ron raised his eyebrows. “It lists the pure-blood families that are now extinct in the male line. Apparently the Peverells were one of the earliest families to vanish.”"</ref>
|[[Peverell family|Peverell]]
 
 
|Extant only in female line
 
|Extant only in female line
|[[Antioch Peverell]], [[Cadmus Peverell]], [[Ignotus Peverell]], [[Ignotus Peverell's son]]
+
|[[Antioch Peverell]], [[Cadmus Peverell]], [[Ignotus Peverell]], [[Ignotus Peverell's son]], [[Iolanthe Peverell|Iolanthe Potter]] née Peverell
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Potter family|Potter]]
 
|[[Potter family|Potter]]
|Extant, but no longer pure-blood<ref>[[Harry Potter]] and his children are [[half-blood]]s.</ref>
+
|Extant, but no longer pure-blood<ref name="harry" /><ref>[[Harry Potter]]'s children are [[half-blood]]s as their grandmother Lily was Muggle-born</ref>
|[[Charlus Potter]], [[Dorea Black|Dorea Potter née Black]], [[Charlus Potter's son|Charlus and Dorea's son]], [[James Potter I]], [[James Potter's father|Mr. Potter]], [[James Potter's mother|Mrs. Potter]], [[Harry Potter]], [[James Potter II|James ]][[James Sirius Potter]] , [[Albus Severus Potter]], [[Lily Luna Potter]]
+
|[[Abraham Potter]], [[Charlus Potter]], [[Dorea Black|Dorea Potter]] née Black, [[Euphemia Potter]], [[Fleamont Potter]], [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginevra Potter]] née Weasley, [[Hardwin Potter]], [[Henry Potter]], [[Iolanthe Peverell|Iolanthe Potter]] née Peverell, [[James Potter I]], [[Charlus Potter's son|Mr Potter]], [[Henry Potter's mother|Mrs Potter]] née Fleamont, [[Ralston Potter]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Prewett family|Prewett]]
 
|[[Prewett family|Prewett]]
 
|Extant only in female line
 
|Extant only in female line
|[[Fabian Prewett]], [[Gideon Prewett]], [[Ignatius Prewett]], [[Lucretia Black|Lucretia Prewett née Black]], [[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley née Prewett]], [[Molly Weasley's father|Mr. Prewett]], [[Molly Weasley's mother|Mrs. Prewett]], [[Muriel]]<ref>Muriel is an aunt of [[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley née Prewett]], though it is unknown if her surname is Prewett.</ref>
+
|[[Leander Prewett's mother]], [[Leander Prewett]], [[ignatius Prewett]], [[Lucretia Black|Lucretia Prewett]] née Black, [[Molly Weasley's father|Mr Prewett]], [[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley née Prewett]], [[Fabian Prewett]], [[Gideon Prewett]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Prince family|Prince]]
 
|[[Prince family|Prince]]
 
|Most likely extinct<ref>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.</ref>
 
|Most likely extinct<ref>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.</ref>
|[[Eileen Prince|Eileen Snape née Prince]]
+
|[[Eileen Prince|Eileen Snape]] née Prince
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Rosier family|Rosier]]
 
|[[Rosier family|Rosier]]
 
|Extant (at least in female line)
 
|Extant (at least in female line)
|[[Druella Rosier|Druella Black née Rosier]], [[Evan Rosier]]
+
|[[Minette Rosier|Minette Lestrange]] née Rosier, [[Vinda Rosier]], [[Rosier|Mr Rosier]], [[Druella Black]] née Rosier, [[Evan Rosier]], [[Felix Rosier]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Rowle family|Rowle]]
  +
|Unknown, possibly extinct
  +
|[[Damocles Rowle]], [[Euphemia Rowle]], [[Thorfinn Rowle]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Sayre family|Sayre]]
  +
|Possibly extant but no longer pure-blood
  +
|[[Rionach Sayre]] née Gaunt, [[William Sayre]], [[Isolt Sayre]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Selwyn family|Selwyn]]
 
|[[Selwyn family|Selwyn]]
 
|Unknown
 
|Unknown
|[[Selwyn]], [[Dolores Umbridge]] (claimed<ref>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.</ref>)
+
|[[Silvanus Selwyn]], [[Selwyn]], [[Dolores Umbridge]] (claimed<ref>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.</ref>)
  +
|-
  +
|[[Shacklebolt family|Shacklebolt]]
  +
|Extant
  +
|[[Kingsley Shacklebolt]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Shafiq family|Shafiq]]
 
|[[Shafiq family|Shafiq]]
 
|Extant in the early [[1930s]]
 
|Extant in the early [[1930s]]
  +
|[[Shafiq (1920s)|Shafiq]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Slughorn family|Slughorn]]
 
|[[Slughorn family|Slughorn]]
|Extant
+
| Extant
 
|[[Horace Slughorn]]
 
|[[Horace Slughorn]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Slytherin family|Slytherin]]
 
|[[Slytherin family|Slytherin]]
|Extinct<ref>Slytherin’s only known descendants died with the Gaunts and [[Tom Riddle]].</ref>
+
| colspan="1" |Extant only in female line<ref>Slytherin’s only known descendants died with the Gaunts and [[Tom Riddle]].</ref>
  +
|[[Salazar Slytherin]]
|
 
[[Salazar Slytherin]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Thurkell family|Thurkell]]
+
|[[Travers family|Travers]]
  +
| rowspan="4" |Unknown
|Unknown, but probably no longer pure-blood
 
  +
|[[Thaddeus Travers]], [[Torquil Travers]], [[Travers]]
|
 
[[Thaddeus Thurkell]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|[[Tremblay family|Tremblay]]
|Tripe
 
  +
|[[Bernard Tremblay]], [[Clarisse Tremblay]], [[Falco Tremblay]]
|Unknown
 
  +
|-
|[[Tripe (witch)|Mrs Black née Tripe]]
 
  +
|[[Tripe]]
  +
|[[Magenta Tripe|Magenta Black]] née Tripe
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Urquart
 
|Urquart
  +
|[[Elphinstone Urquart]]
|Unknown
 
|
 
[[Elphinstone Urquart]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Weasley family|Weasley]]
 
|[[Weasley family|Weasley]]
 
|Extant, but no longer all pure-blood
 
|Extant, but no longer all pure-blood
|[[Arthur Weasley]], [[Arthur Weasley's brothers|Arthur's two brothers]], [[Bilius]]<ref>Bilius is a relative of the Weasleys, though it is unknown if he is a relation of Arthur or Molly.</ref>, [[Cedrella Black|Cedrella Weasley née Black]], [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]], [[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]], [[Fred and George Weasley]], [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], [[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley née Prewett]], [[Percy Weasley]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], [[Septimus Weasley]]
+
|[[Arthur Weasley]], [[Arthur Weasley's brothers]], [[Bilius]],<ref>Bilius is a relative of the Weasleys, though it is unknown if he is arelation of Arthur of Molly.</ref> [[Cedrella Black|Cedrella Weasley]] née Black, [[Charles Weasley]], [[Fred Weasley]] I, [[George Weasley]], [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginevra Potter]] née Weasley, [[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley née Prewett]], [[Percy Weasley]], [[Ronald Weasley]], [[Septimus Weasley]], [[William Weasley]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Yaxley family|Yaxley]]
 
|[[Yaxley family|Yaxley]]
|Extant (at least in female line) <ref>Through Lysandra's descendants.</ref>
+
|Extant (at least in female line)<ref>Through Lysandra's descendants.</ref>
|[[Lysandra Yaxley|Lysandra Black née Yaxley]], [[Yaxley]]
+
|[[Lysandra Yaxley|Lysandra Black]] née Yaxley, [[Corban Yaxley]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
===Other===
+
===Possible pure-bloods===
  +
Due to their affiliation to [[Slytherin]] and [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], many wizards and witches might be considered pure-bloods. Others had openly expressed their prejudice toward [[half-blood]]s and [[Muggle-born]]s, which is another reason to believe they were pure-blood [[Pure-blood supremacy|supremacist]]s. Some even became [[Death Eaters]].
*[[Pansy Parkinson]] and [[Blaise Zabini]]<ref name="HBP" /> are likely pure-bloods, or at least claim to be based on the attitudes they express towards "mudbloods"and "[[blood traitor]]s", and their affiliation with the prejudiced [[Draco Malfoy]].
 
   
  +
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
==Possible pure-bloods==
 
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]]
 
[[File:Pansy blais.PNG|thumb|100px|right|[[Pansy Parkinson]] and [[Blaise Zabini]] have shown a despective attitude toward "mudbloods"]]
 
[[File:Dolores Umbridge.JPG|thumb|100px|right|[[Dolores Umbridge]] expressed her hatred to half-breeds and once headed the [[Muggle-Born Registration Commission]] ]]
 
 
{|border="1" class="wikitable"
 
 
!Possible pure-blood family
 
!Possible pure-blood family
 
!Current status
 
!Current status
 
!Known pure-blood members
 
!Known pure-blood members
|-
 
|[[Avery family|Avery]]
 
|Unknown
 
|[[Avery Sr.]], [[Avery Jr.]] <ref>Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin</ref>. The family was on the ''[[Sacred Twenty-Eight]]'' list.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Bletchley family|Bletchley]]
 
|[[Bletchley family|Bletchley]]
 
|Unknown, most likely extant
 
|Unknown, most likely extant
|[[Bletchley]], [[Kevin Bletchley]], [[Miles Bletchley]] <ref>Slytherin affiliation</ref>
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|[[Bletchley]], [[Kevin Bletchley]], [[Miles Bletchley]]<ref>Slytherin affiliation</ref>
|-
 
|[[Carrow family|Carrow]]
 
|Extant
 
|[[Alecto Carrow|Alecto]] and [[Amycus Carrow]]; [[Flora Carrow|Flora]] and [[Hestia Carrow]] <ref>Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin</ref>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Dumbledore family|Dumbledore]]
 
|[[Dumbledore family|Dumbledore]]
|Possibly extant but no longer pure-blood
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|Possibly extant but no longer pure-blood
 
|[[Percival Dumbledore]]
 
|[[Percival Dumbledore]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Fudge family|Fudge]]
 
|[[Fudge family|Fudge]]
 
|Extant
 
|Extant
|[[Cornelius Fudge]] , [[Rufus Fudge]]
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|[[Cornelius Fudge]], [[Rufus Fudge]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Gibbon
 
|Gibbon
 
|Unknown, most likely extinct
 
|Unknown, most likely extinct
 
|[[Gibbon]]
 
|[[Gibbon]]
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|-
  +
|Gryffindor
  +
|Unknown; May be under different surname
  +
|[[Godric Gryffindor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Higgs family|Higgs]]
 
|[[Higgs family|Higgs]]
 
|Most likely extant
 
|Most likely extant
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|[[Bertie Higgs]], [[Terence Higgs]]
|
 
[[Bertie Higgs]], [[Terence Higgs]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Lowe
 
|Lowe
 
|Unknown, possibly extinct
 
|Unknown, possibly extinct
  +
|[[Sinistra Lowe]]
|
 
[[Sinistra Lowe]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Macnair
 
|Macnair
 
|Unknown
 
|Unknown
  +
|[[Walden Macnair]]
|
 
[[Walden Macnair]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Montague family|Montague]]
 
|[[Montague family|Montague]]
 
|Most likely extant
 
|Most likely extant
|[[Graham Montague]], [[Graham Montague's mother|Mr. and Mrs. Montague]]
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|[[Graham Montague]], [[Graham Montague's mother|Mr and Mrs Montague]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Mulciber family|Mulciber]]
 
|[[Mulciber family|Mulciber]]
 
|Unknown
 
|Unknown
|[[Mulciber (Riddle-era)|Mulciber Sr.]], [[Mulciber (Marauder-era)|Mulciber Jr.]]<ref>Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin</ref>
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|[[Mulciber I|Mulciber Snr]], [[Mulciber II|Mulciber Jnr]]<ref>Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Orpington family|Orpington]]
 
|[[Orpington family|Orpington]]
 
|Most likely extant
 
|Most likely extant
 
|[[Evangeline Orpington]], [[Nerys Orpington]]
 
|[[Evangeline Orpington]], [[Nerys Orpington]]
|-
 
|Parkinson
 
|Extant at least in female line
 
|[[Pansy Parkinson]] <ref>prejudiced toward half-blood and muggle-borns and affiliated to Draco Malfoy</ref>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Pyrites family|Pyrites]]
 
|[[Pyrites family|Pyrites]]
 
|Unknown
 
|Unknown
|[[Pyrites]]
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|[[Pyrites]],<ref>Loyal to Voldemort</ref> [[Argo Pyrites]]
<ref>Loyal to Voldemort</ref>, [[Argo Pyrites]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Perks
 
|Perks
 
|Unknown, most likely extant
 
|Unknown, most likely extant
 
|[[Sally-Anne Perks]]
 
|[[Sally-Anne Perks]]
|-
 
|Rowle
 
|Unknown
 
|
 
[[Thorfinn Rowle]]. The family was on the ''[[Sacred Twenty-Eight]]'' list.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Runcorn family|Runcorn]]
 
|[[Runcorn family|Runcorn]]
|Probably extant
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| Probably extant
|[[Albert Runcorn]]
+
|[[Albert Runcorn]],<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> [[Runcorn]]
<ref>Loyal to Voldemort's regime, Muggle-born intimidator</ref>, [[Runcorn]]
 
|-
 
|Umbridge
 
|Extant
 
|[[Dolores Umbridge]]
 
<ref>Loyal to Voldemort's regime, known for her perjudice againts half-breeds and claimed to be member of the Selwyn family</ref>
 
 
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|-
 
|Wilkes
 
|Wilkes
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|[[Zabini family|Zabini]]
 
|[[Zabini family|Zabini]]
 
|Extant
 
|Extant
|[[Blaise Zabini]]
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|[[Blaise Zabini]]<ref name="HBP7">{{HBP|B|7}}</ref>
<ref>prejudiced toward half-blood and muggle-borns and affiliated to Draco Malfoy</ref>
 
 
|}
 
|}
   
==Author's comments==
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==See also==
On the subject of [[Blood status|blood purity]] , [[J. K. Rowling]] has said the following:
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*[[Blood status|Blood purity]]
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*[[Death Eaters]]
 
:''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" /> 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==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*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<ref>''[[Harry Potter and Me]]''</ref>:
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*On [[J. K. Rowling]]'s draft list of students in [[Harry Potter]]'s class, the following students were mentioned as pure-bloods:<ref name="HPM">{{HPM}}</ref>
 
**[[Lavender Brown]]
 
**[[Lavender Brown]]
 
**[[Stephen Cornfoot]]
 
**[[Stephen Cornfoot]]
**[[Katherine MacDougal]] {{Comment|Possibly a precursor to Morag McDougal}}
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**[[Isobel MacDougal]] {{Comment|Possibly a precursor to Morag McDougal}}
 
**[[Morag MacDougal]]
 
**[[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.
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*Coincidentally, [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] are each of the three distinct 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.
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*Many characters mention throughout the series that blood purity doesn't matter, often using Hermione Granger in comparison to Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom as an example. Ron had long struggled with living in the shadows of how much better students his older brothers were, and often would not try if he felt the situation was out of his control or too difficult, preferring to goof off or play with Chocolate Frog cards (though he did ultimately emerge as a capable student and wizard in his own right). Similarly, despite Neville's pure-blood heritage, he was not initially an extremely talented wizard and also suffered from a lack of confidence, two things which made him a target for ridicule and difficulty, particularly from Professor Snape (but like Ron in his later life he better grasped his full potential). However, Hermione, by contrast, is a supremely gifted witch despite her Muggle-born status and, unlike Ron and Neville, performed very well right from the beginning.
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**Likewise, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were both often thuggishly stupid and gave poor academic performances in spite of their Pure-Blood status, and Harry's mother Lily was one of her teachers', Horace Slughorn's, all-time favourite students, performing exceptionally well in his and other classes.
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*The [http://harrypotter.scholastic.com/glossary/ ''Harry Potter'' Glossary] at [[Scholastic]]'s official website lists the term "Trueblood" as "Someone born to pure magical parents." This term, however, is not known to have appeared in any official ''Harry Potter'' media. The nuance with "pureblood" may be that while the child of a half-blood and a pureblood counts as a pureblood, a Trueblood can only be the child of two purebloods. That is however unconfirmed.
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*The concept of pure-blood is also similar to the real-life situation of nearly all European royal families being related, especially the British and (now extinct) German monarchies. Royals were only allowed to marry another member of the aristocracy, so most of the families were interrelated through marriage. Similarly, the issue of in-breeding is something that ravaged many real life European royal lines.
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**Likewise, the concept of blood purity, and how if one goes back far enough it is clear there is no such thing, is strongly analogous to real life racial purity attitudes such as those held by White Supremacists and the Nazis (the latter of whom J.K. Rowling explicitly compared to the Death Eaters, as seen below), but also how it is theorised all human being's ancestry can be traced back to Africa (and specifically Ethiopia), thus precluding the idea that "wholly white" lineages could have ever existed.
   
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===Author's comments===
==Appearances==
 
  +
On the subject of [[Blood status|blood purity]], [[J. K. Rowling]] has said the following:
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[J. K. Rowling Official Site]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[Pottermore]]''
 
   
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<blockquote>''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="harry" /></blockquote>
==See also==
 
  +
*[[Blood purity]]
 
  +
This statement indicates that all of a wizard or witch's grandparents must have magical heritage — i.e. that he or she cannot have a single [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] 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]] maintained a record of all the pure-bloods born and married into the family (as well documenting those who were blasted off to maintain the family's sense of purity).<ref name="OTP">{{OOTP|B|35}} - "“Shut your mouth!” Bellatrix shrieked. “You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood’s tongue, you dare —” “Did you know he’s a half-blood too?” said Harry recklessly."</ref>
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Latest revision as of 15:45, 1 January 2024

"The term 'pure-blood' refers to a family or individual without Muggle (non-magic) blood. The concept is generally associated with Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, whose aversion to teaching anybody of Muggle parentage eventually led to a breach with his three fellow founders, and his resignation from the school."
— Where the term 'pure-blood' originated from[src]
DH1 The Malfoy Family

The ancient and highly prejudiced pure-blood Malfoy family

Pure-blood was the term for wizarding families who claimed to have no Muggles, Squibs, Muggle-borns, or half-bloods in their family tree; however, when traced back far enough, nearly every family tree had a few non-magical ancestors.[1][2][3] Most wizards and witches considered an individual to be a pure-blood if his or her parents and grandparents were not Muggles, Squibs, or Muggle-borns.[4]

By 1995, the number of pure-blood families were declining. Most pure-blood families were related by then in an effort, by some, to retain their status by marrying only other pure-blood families, but it had eventually led to inbreeding. While some families, such as the Malfoys, had allowed for marrying half-bloods, many others such as the Gaunts, Blacks, and Lestranges, required their family to only marry pure-blood individuals, or those with no Muggle, Muggle-born, or Squib ancestors, in order to maintain their “pure” bloodline.[2][1] This refusal of marrying Muggles or Muggle-borns had led to difficulty in propagating their families.[1]

Overview

"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's overview of blood purity[src]

Pure-blood individuals were people who had no Muggles, Muggle-borns, or Squibs as parents or grandparents.[4] Traditionalist pure-bloods loved and strove to keep all the future generations "pure" by breeding with other pure-bloods, and were generally the ones who used the term "Mudblood" against Muggles, Muggle-borns, Squibs, and even half-bloods, a term considered highly derogatory by the Wizarding world. Families of pure-blood status often avoided marrying their heirs off to Muggles, Squibs, Muggle-borns, and half-bloods, believing that the next generation could lose their capability to perform magic.

In the 1930s, a wizard, commonly believed to be Cantankerus Nott, wrote the Pure-Blood Directory featuring twenty-eight families he believed to be truly pure-blooded, though many objected to this designation.[5]

Maintaining "purity"

"So-called pure-blood families maintain 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..."
— Pure-blood wizards are not so pure[src]
Blackfamilytreeootp5

Black Family Tapestry

Some pure-blood families could trace their pure-blood status through many generations of magical ancestors and deny ever having any nonmagical ancestors within the family, such as the House of Black, the motto of which is "Toujours pur", meaning "Always (or Still) Pure".[6][7] However, the truth is that even if they did exist in the past, true pure-blood wizards and witches did not exist in the present day, as Squibs, Muggle-borns, and, especially, half-bloods were too common. These pure-blood families simply erased all Muggles, Squibs, and Muggle-borns from their family trees.[1]

Bigoted and prejudiced half-bloods who considered blood purity very important also hid their Muggle ancestry, clinging only to the magical heritage they did have.[8] Many Death Eaters and Snatchers were believed to have done this, and their leader himself took on the name Lord Voldemort out of a desire to not keep the name of his "filthy Muggle father."[9] It is likely that Voldemort told his followers he was a pure-blood, or that most of the Death Eaters and Snatchers knew better than to dare question his blood status, given the reaction of Bellatrix Lestrange to Harry's "accusation" that he was in fact a half-blood.

Many pure-blood families, such as the Blacks and Gaunts, practised marrying their own cousins in order to maintain their pure-blood status, and disowned any members who married someone who was not a pure-blood or those who sympathised with Muggles or Muggle-borns.[10] This practice had been known to cause problems as families often became inbred because of this; for example, the Gaunts showed signs of violent tendencies, mental instability, and being enfeebled.[11][2] The number of pure-bloods had diminished over time because of said inbreeding.[1]

Attitude

"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's prejudice concerning Muggle-borns[src]
Salazar Slytherin WWHP

Salazar Slytherin, an infamous pure-blood supremacist

Some pure-bloods regarded themselves as superior to those witches and wizards who were born to Muggles and half-bloods. They believed that Muggles were just little more than animals and that Muggle-borns, whom they derisively called "Mudbloods". Mudblood itself was a highly pejorative term suggesting that Muggle-borns were inferior to pure-bloods and that they were supposed to be "third-class citizens", had “dirty” blood and were a big disgrace to the wizarding world, and thus had no right to be a witch/wizard and unworthy of being allowed to practise magic. Many also discriminated against half-breeds, giants, werewolves and other magical creatures. Pure-bloods who did not share these prejudices were considered "blood traitors" by the discriminatory ones that do.

Salazar Slytherin believed that only pure-bloods should be allowed to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and be educated in magic; this was the cause of his conflict with the three other Hogwarts founders and his permanent departure from the school. However, he left behind the Chamber of Secrets in a great hope that one day his heir would open the Chamber and release the basilisk within to target all the Muggle-born students. Tom 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 Warren, in 1943.[9]

Half-bloods who also considered blood purity very important also denied their Muggle ancestry, clinging only to the magical heritage they did have.[8] Tom Marvolo Riddle, for example, took on the name Lord Voldemort out of a desire to not keep the name of his "filthy Muggle father" and also called Harry Potter's mother "filthy Muggle mother." It is believed that Voldemort most likely told his followers that he was a pure-blood, or that most (if not all) of the Death Eaters and Snatchers knew better than to dare question his blood status.

Weasley family

Members of the pure-blood Weasley family: for sympathising with Muggles and being friendly with Muggle-borns, this pure-blood family is labelled as 'blood traitors'

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 strove to place pure-bloods in control of the wizarding world and to eventually rid it of Muggle-borns entirely. When Voldemort temporarily 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 straight to Azkaban for allegedly stealing magic simply by not being pure-blood. Pure-bloods were also blatantly favoured within the Ministry and, to a lesser extent, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, although half-bloods were sufficient to avoid prosecution.[12] This oppression was eventually ceased after Voldemort's final death when Kingsley Shacklebolt became the new Minister for Magic.

However, there were pure-bloods who did not have these beliefs, and instead treated all magical people and Muggles as equals (for instance the Weasleys). These pure-blood folk were often labelled as "blood traitors" by the more bigoted pure-bloods.[9] There were also a few pure-bloods who were still fanatical, but also more lax about marriages and allowed their family members to marry Half-bloods, for example the Malfoys.

Known pure-blood families

Pure-blood family Current status Known pure-blood members
Abbott[5] Pure-blood in the 1930s[5]
Extant at least in female line
Abbott, Gifford Abbott
Avery[5] Unknown, possibly extinct Avery Snr, Avery Jnr
Black[5]
Toujours Pur
Extant only in female line Alexia Walkin Black,[7] Alphard Black,[13] Andromeda Tonks née Black,[14] Arcturus Black I[7] Arcturus Black II,[7], Arcturus Black III,[7] Bellatrix Lestrange née Black,[7] Belvina Burke née Black,[7] Callidora Longbottom née Black,[7] Cassiopeia Black,[7] Cedrella Weasley née Black[15] Charis Crouch née Black,[7] Cygnus Black I[7], Cygnus Black II,[7] Cygnus Black III,[7] Dorea Potter née Black,[7] Druella Black née Rosier,[7] Eduardus Limette Black,[16] Ella Black née Max,[7] Elladora Black,[7] Hesper Black née Gamp,[7] Hesper Black,[7] Iola Hitchens née Black,[17] Irma Black née Crabbe[7] Lucretia Prewett née Black,[7] Lycoris Black,[7] Lysandra Black née Yaxley,[7] Misapinoa Blishwick née Black,[7] Narcissa Malfoy née Black,[7], Orion Black[6], Phineas Nigellus Black,[7] Phineas Black,[18] Pollux Black,[7] Phoebe Black,[7] Regulus Black I,[7] Regulus Black II,[7] Sirius Black I,[7] Sirius Black II,[7] Sirius Black III,[19] Ursula Black née Flint,[7] Violetta Black née Bulstrode,[7] Walburga Black[7]
Blishwick (likely)[20] Unknown, possibly extinct Jimbo Blishwick,[7] Misapinoa Blishswick née Black[7]
Brown[21] Lavender Brown[22]
Bulstrode[5] Extant, but likely no longer pure-blood[23] Violetta Black née Bulstrode[7]
Burke[5] Unknown, possibly extant in female line Belvina Burke née Black,[7] Caractacus Burke, Elizabeth Burke, Herbert Burke[7]
Carrow[5] Alecto Carrow, Amycus Carrow, Carrow
Crabbe[7] Possibly extinct in male line,[24] Extant in female line[25] Irma Black née Crabbe,[7] Vincent Crabbe[26]
Crouch[5] Extinct[27] Bartemius Crouch Snr, Bartemius Crouch Jnr, Caspar Crouch,[7] Caspar Crouch's son,[6] Caspar Crouch's daughters,[6] Charis Crouch née Black[7]
Fawley[5] Unknown, possibly extant Hector Fawley
Flint[5] Extant Marcus Flint, Ursula Black née Flint[7]
Gamp[7] Unknown Hesper Black née Gamp[7], Ulick Gamp
Gaunt[5] Extant only in female line but no longer pure-blood[28] Corvinus Gaunt,[29] Gormlaith Gaunt,[30] Marvolo Gaunt,[29] Merope Riddle née Gaunt,[29] Morfin Gaunt,[29] Rionach Sayre née Gaunt[30]
Goyle Unknown, possibly extinct Gregory Goyle, Mr Goyle
Greengrass Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass
Kama Laurena Kama, Mustafa Kama, Yusuf Kama
Lestrange
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Bellatrix Lestrange née Black, Corvus Lestrange I, Cyrille Lestrange I, Corvus Lestrange II, Corvus Lestrange III, Eglantine Lestrange, Corvus Lestrange IV, F. Lestrange, Lestrange, Leta Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, Radolphus Lestrange, R. Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange
Longbottom Extant, but no longer all pure-blood Algie Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, Augusta Longbottom, Callidora Longbottom née Black, Enid Longbottom, Frank Longbottom, Harfang Longbottom, Harfang Longbottom's son, Harfang Longbottom's daughter, Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom's grandfather[31]
MacDougal Extant Isobel MacDougal, Morag MacDougal
Macmillan

Ernie Macmillan, Melania Black née Macmillan

Malfoy
Malfoy family crest2
Abraxas Malfoy, Armand Malfoy, Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass, Brutus Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy I, Lucius Malfoy II, Narcissa Malfoy née Black, Nicholas Malfoy, Septimus Malfoy, Scorpius Malfoy
Max Unknown Ella Black née Max
Moody Most likely extinct Alastor Moody
Nott Extant Cantankerus Nott, Theodore Nott[32][33]
Ollivander Extant, but no longer pure-blood Geraint Ollivander, Gerbold Ollivander, Gervaise Ollivander, Garrick Ollivander
Parkinson Most likely extant Perseus Parkinson, Pansy Parkinson
Peverell[34] Extant only in female line Antioch Peverell, Cadmus Peverell, Ignotus Peverell, Ignotus Peverell's son, Iolanthe Potter née Peverell
Potter Extant, but no longer pure-blood[4][35] Abraham Potter, Charlus Potter, Dorea Potter née Black, Euphemia Potter, Fleamont Potter, Ginevra Potter née Weasley, Hardwin Potter, Henry Potter, Iolanthe Potter née Peverell, James Potter I, Mr Potter, Mrs Potter née Fleamont, Ralston Potter
Prewett Extant only in female line Leander Prewett's mother, Leander Prewett, ignatius Prewett, Lucretia Prewett née Black, Mr Prewett, Molly Weasley née Prewett, Fabian Prewett, Gideon Prewett
Prince Most likely extinct[36] Eileen Snape née Prince
Rosier Extant (at least in female line) Minette Lestrange née Rosier, Vinda Rosier, Mr Rosier, Druella Black née Rosier, Evan Rosier, Felix Rosier
Rowle Unknown, possibly extinct Damocles Rowle, Euphemia Rowle, Thorfinn Rowle
Sayre Possibly extant but no longer pure-blood Rionach Sayre née Gaunt, William Sayre, Isolt Sayre
Selwyn Unknown Silvanus Selwyn, Selwyn, Dolores Umbridge (claimed[37])
Shacklebolt Extant Kingsley Shacklebolt
Shafiq Extant in the early 1930s Shafiq
Slughorn Extant Horace Slughorn
Slytherin Extant only in female line[38] Salazar Slytherin
Travers Unknown Thaddeus Travers, Torquil Travers, Travers
Tremblay Bernard Tremblay, Clarisse Tremblay, Falco Tremblay
Tripe Magenta Black née Tripe
Urquart Elphinstone Urquart
Weasley Extant, but no longer all pure-blood Arthur Weasley, Arthur Weasley's brothers, Bilius,[39] Cedrella Weasley née Black, Charles Weasley, Fred Weasley I, George Weasley, Ginevra Potter née Weasley, Molly Weasley née Prewett, Percy Weasley, Ronald Weasley, Septimus Weasley, William Weasley
Yaxley Extant (at least in female line)[40] Lysandra Black née Yaxley, Corban Yaxley

Possible pure-bloods

Due to their affiliation to Slytherin and Lord Voldemort, many wizards and witches might be considered pure-bloods. Others had openly expressed their prejudice toward half-bloods and Muggle-borns, which is another reason to believe they were pure-blood supremacists. Some even became Death Eaters.

Possible pure-blood family Current status Known pure-blood members
Bletchley Unknown, most likely extant Bletchley, Kevin Bletchley, Miles Bletchley[41]
Dumbledore Possibly extant but no longer pure-blood Percival Dumbledore
Fudge Extant Cornelius Fudge, Rufus Fudge
Gibbon Unknown, most likely extinct Gibbon
Gryffindor Unknown; May be under different surname Godric Gryffindor
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 Snr, Mulciber Jnr[42]
Orpington Most likely extant Evangeline Orpington, Nerys Orpington
Pyrites Unknown Pyrites,[43] Argo Pyrites
Perks Unknown, most likely extant Sally-Anne Perks
Runcorn Probably extant Albert Runcorn,[44] Runcorn
Wilkes Possibly extinct Wilkes
Zabini Extant Blaise Zabini[45]

See also

Behind the scenes

  • On J. K. Rowling's draft list of students in Harry Potter's class, the following students were mentioned as pure-bloods:[21]
  • Coincidentally, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley are each of the three distinct 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 in comparison to Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom as an example. Ron had long struggled with living in the shadows of how much better students his older brothers were, and often would not try if he felt the situation was out of his control or too difficult, preferring to goof off or play with Chocolate Frog cards (though he did ultimately emerge as a capable student and wizard in his own right). Similarly, despite Neville's pure-blood heritage, he was not initially an extremely talented wizard and also suffered from a lack of confidence, two things which made him a target for ridicule and difficulty, particularly from Professor Snape (but like Ron in his later life he better grasped his full potential). However, Hermione, by contrast, is a supremely gifted witch despite her Muggle-born status and, unlike Ron and Neville, performed very well right from the beginning.
    • Likewise, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were both often thuggishly stupid and gave poor academic performances in spite of their Pure-Blood status, and Harry's mother Lily was one of her teachers', Horace Slughorn's, all-time favourite students, performing exceptionally well in his and other classes.
  • The Harry Potter Glossary at Scholastic's official website lists the term "Trueblood" as "Someone born to pure magical parents." This term, however, is not known to have appeared in any official Harry Potter media. The nuance with "pureblood" may be that while the child of a half-blood and a pureblood counts as a pureblood, a Trueblood can only be the child of two purebloods. That is however unconfirmed.
  • The concept of pure-blood is also similar to the real-life situation of nearly all European royal families being related, especially the British and (now extinct) German monarchies. Royals were only allowed to marry another member of the aristocracy, so most of the families were interrelated through marriage. Similarly, the issue of in-breeding is something that ravaged many real life European royal lines.
    • Likewise, the concept of blood purity, and how if one goes back far enough it is clear there is no such thing, is strongly analogous to real life racial purity attitudes such as those held by White Supremacists and the Nazis (the latter of whom J.K. Rowling explicitly compared to the Death Eaters, as seen below), but also how it is theorised all human being's ancestry can be traced back to Africa (and specifically Ethiopia), thus precluding the idea that "wholly white" lineages could have ever existed.

Author's comments

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.[4]

This statement indicates that all of a wizard or witch's grandparents must have magical heritage — i.e. that he or she cannot have a single Muggle 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 maintained a record of all the pure-bloods born and married into the family (as well documenting those who were blasted off to maintain the family's sense of purity).[46]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 F.A.Q. Section: "Are all the pure-blood families going to die out?" at J. K. Rowling's official site - "Don't forget that, as Sirius revealed in 'Order of the Phoenix', none of these families is really 'pure' – in other words, they merely cross Muggles and Squibs off the family tree and pretend that they didn't exist. But yes, the number of families claiming to be pure is diminishing. By refusing to marry Muggles or Muggle-borns, they are finding it increasingly difficult to perpetuate themselves."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "The Malfoy Family" at Wizarding World - "From the imposition of the Statute of Secrecy onwards, no Malfoy has married a Muggle or Muggle-born. The family has, however, eschewed the somewhat dangerous practice of inter-marrying within such a small pool of pure-bloods that they become enfeebled or unstable, unlike a small minority of fanatic families such as the Gaunts and Lestranges, and many a half-blood appears on the Malfoy family tree."
  3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - "Albus Dumbledore on “The Fountain of Fair Fortune”" - "So-called pure-blood families maintain their alleged purity by disowning, banishing or lying about Muggles or Muggle-borns on their family trees. They then 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, and I should there-fore consider it both illogical and immoral to remove works dealing with the subject from our students’ store of knowledge."
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 FAQ at J. K. Rowling's official site - "The expressions 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' have been coined by people to whom these distinctions matter, and express their originators' prejudices. 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 mother's 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. I saw one in the Holocaust Museum in Washington when I had already devised the 'pure-blood', 'half-blood' and 'Muggle-born' definitions, and was chilled to see that the Nazis used precisely the same warped logic as the Death Eaters. A single Jewish grandparent 'polluted' the blood, according to their propaganda."
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Pure-Blood" at Wizarding World
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 7.44 7.45 7.46 House of Black (see this image)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12 (Silver and Opals) - "“The Death Eaters can’t all be pure-blood, there aren’t enough pure-blood wizards left,” said Hermione stubbornly. “I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It’s only Muggle-borns they hate, they’d be quite happy to let you and Ron join up.”"
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  10. Black Family Tree Tapestry - Anyone on the tree by birth or marriage, and not disowned, is a pure-blood.
  11. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10 (Luna Lovegood)
  12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  13. Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling - Alphard was disowned for giving gold to runaway nephew Sirius
  14. Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling - Andromeda Black was disowned for marrying Muggle-born Ted Tonks
  15. Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling - Cedrella Black was disowned for marrying blood traitor Septimus Weasley
  16. File:Black family tapestry complete.jpg - Disowned for an unknown reason
  17. Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling - Iola Black was disowned for marrying Muggle Bob Hitchens
  18. Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling - Phineas was disowned for supporting Muggle Rights
  19. Black Family Tree by J. K. Rowling - Sirius Black was disowned for running away from home
  20. Allowed to marry into the fanatical pure-blood Black family, without their spouse being disowned, so the family is likely pure-blood.
  21. 21.0 21.1 Harry Potter and Me
  22. Harry Potter and Me (see this image)
  23. Millicent Bulstrode is a half-blood witch, indicating that the Bulstrodes married Muggles and/or Muggle-borns.
  24. Vincent Crabbe died in 1998; it is unknown if he had any siblings or if they had issue.
  25. Through Irma's descendants.
  26. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Draco Malfoy" at Wizarding World - "In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe."
  27. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36 (The Parting of the Ways)
  28. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 10 (The House of Gaunt) - "Generations of purebloods, wizards all — more than you can say, I don’t doubt!”"
  30. 30.0 30.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" at Wizarding World
  31. It is unknown if the "Grandad" Neville once mentioned was his paternal or maternal grandfather.
  32. "Malfoy & Nott" at Extra Stuff at J. K. Rowling's official site
  33. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Draco Malfoy" at Wizarding World - "In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe."
  34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 22 (The Deathly Hallows) - "The only place I’ve managed to find the name ‘Peverell’ is Nature’s Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy. I borrowed it from Kreacher,” she explained as Ron raised his eyebrows. “It lists the pure-blood families that are now extinct in the male line. Apparently the Peverells were one of the earliest families to vanish.”"
  35. Harry Potter's children are half-bloods as their grandmother Lily was Muggle-born
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. Slytherin’s only known descendants died with the Gaunts and Tom Riddle.
  39. Bilius is a relative of the Weasleys, though it is unknown if he is arelation of Arthur of Molly.
  40. Through Lysandra's descendants.
  41. Slytherin affiliation
  42. Loyal to Voldemort and Slytherin
  43. Loyal to Voldemort
  44. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 13 (The Muggle-Born Registration Commission)
  45. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 7 (The Slug Club)
  46. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil) - "“Shut your mouth!” Bellatrix shrieked. “You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood’s tongue, you dare —” “Did you know he’s a half-blood too?” said Harry recklessly."