Are all Death Eaters pure blood?

Such people are often called "blood traitors" by those who subscribe to Death Eater ideologies. In reality, the idea of blood purity is a misnomer – Voldemort himself is a half-blood – and it is unlikely that all of them could be pure-bloods, as very few, if any, such people could exist given the small gene pool.
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Do Death Eaters know Voldemort is half-blood?

He ends people's lives with absolute impunity, and bringing up his half-blood status is surely a recipe for disaster. Most Death Eaters probably do not even know this little tidbit about Lord Voldemort, as Harry Potter only found out because Dumbledore told him, based on rigorous research that Voldemort had done.
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Are all Death Eaters in Slytherin?

Nearly all of those recruited were from Slytherin House. However there may have been recruits from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and even from foreign schools within the ranks as well. He would later rename the group "the Death Eaters".
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Are there any Gryffindor Death Eaters?

Peter Pettigrew, (a.k.a Wormtail), is the only Death Eater known to have been in a House other than Slytherin (Gryffindor) while at Hogwarts.
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Were there any Ravenclaw Death Eaters?

All the Death Eaters besides Peter Pettigrew are either mentioned as being in Slytherin House, or not mentioned as being in a house at all, as indicated in this list of Death Eaters. That said, Quirrell was in Ravenclaw, though he was probably not formally a Death Eater.
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Is James Sirius Potter a pureblood?

Print. Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.
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Are the sacred 28 all related?

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It is therefore very likely that all the families listed in the Sacred Twenty-Eight are related to each other.
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Why did Bellatrix call Harry a half-blood?

Harry is a half-blood, like the half-blood prince, because his mother was a muggleborn (aka a mud-blood). In the wizarding world there are: purebloods: those with wizard parents and grandparents. muggleborns: those with muggle parents and grandparents.
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Is Tom Riddle a Mudblood?

But Being a Mudblood, Voldemort Proved himself a Great Dark Wizard and Instead Intended to Clear off the Way for Slytherins to keep up Pure Blood Running through their Viens.
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Is Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin.
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Is Dumbledore a half-blood?

He was a half-blood wizard, the son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana.
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Do you have to be pureblood to be a Death Eater?

“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.”
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Is Snape a half-blood or pureblood?

Snape was a half-blood. With people like Bellatrix in his house, he had to have heard the purity of his blood questioned at least a few times. His fellow Slytherins did not step up to his defense when he was attacked by two purebloods.
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Can a Muggle-born be a Death Eater?

According to J. K. Rowling, a Muggle-born can become a Death Eater in rare circumstances. Although Muggle-borns are descended from Squibs, there is not a single known case of a Squib having children. Salazar Slytherin was known to have a strong hatred of Muggle-borns.
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Are the Scamander pure-blood?

We know that during events in Paris, Leta Lestrange attended the pure-bloods ball with Theseus Scamander, Newt's older brother, where they met Yaxley. This ball was only for pure-blood wizards.
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Is Grindelwald a pureblood?

It's difficult to find out anything about Grindelwald, as there is very little information about Gellert Grindelwald's past. However, by some evidence, it can well be concluded that he was in-fact a pure blood.
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What is the oldest wizarding family?

Ollivander – Makers of fine wands since 382 BC, the Ollivanders could make quite a claim to being among the oldest wizarding families.
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What happens if a half-blood marries a pureblood?

If a halfblood marries a pureblood will their children be pureblood or halfblood | Fandom. An individual is Pure-blood if they have no Muggle or Muggle-born parents or grandparents.
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Why is Albus Severus Potter a half-blood?

Similarly, the protagonist Harry Potter was very nearly sorted into Slytherin, and he's considered a half-blood due to his maternal Muggle grandparents. The moral of the story: Albus Potter was sorted into Slytherin because Slytherin isn't solely comprised of pure-bloods.
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Is Tom Riddle a half-blood?

Tom Riddle has a witch mother and a Muggle father, making him a half-blood wizard.
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Are there any evil hufflepuffs?

Yes, Hufflepuff dark wizards likely exist. In an interview, JKR confirms that there are people connected with Death Eaters in the houses other than Slytherin, and does not in any way attempt to specifically exclude Hufflepuff.
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Has Hufflepuff produced any dark wizards?

Hufflepuff has produced the least amount of Dark wizards

Although Hufflepuff is not exactly known for its glorious victories in the Hogwarts House Cup, it gets points for not producing that many evil wizards, Death Eaters, and Lord Voldemort-types.
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Can a Hufflepuff be a Death Eater?

In the world of Harry Potter as we know it, there are no recorded instances of a person who was sorted into Hufflepuff ever becoming a Death Eater, or any other kind of Dark Wizard for that matter.
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