Was Lily Potter a Muggle?

Harry Potter's mother, Lily Evans, and his best friend, Hermione Granger, were Muggle-born. Unlike children of wizarding families who receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter via an owl, a Hogwarts employee will usually hand-deliver the letter to Muggle-borns in order to meet their Muggle parents and explain.
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Why did Voldemort call Lily a Muggle?

Lily was a Muggle born witch just like Hermione. And because of Voldi's issues with Muggle-borns he believed that it was an insult to point it to Harry, that he is not Pure-blood (not that Voldemort was, but his mind was twisted, anyways).
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How was Lily a Muggle?

Lily Potter (née Evans) (January 30, 1960 – 31 October, 1981) was a Muggle-born witch, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Evans and the sister of Petunia. She learned that she was a witch as a child, after Severus Snape, a wizard boy who lived nearby, recognised her as a witch and told her of the existence of magic.
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Is Lily Luna Potter a half-blood?

Lily Luna Potter (b. c. 2008) was an English half-blood witch, the youngest child and only daughter of Harry and Ginevra Potter (née Weasley). Lily had two older brothers, James Sirius and Albus Severus Potter.
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Did Lily have Muggle parents?

Lily's parents were Muggles, as was her sister Petunia. It is very likely that the Evanses have at least one wizarding ancestor, given that Muggle-born wizards are usually descended from Squibs whose descendants lose all notion of their wizarding lineage, and whose wizarding power resurfaces several generations later.
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Is Petunia a squib?

The fan asked the author if Aunt Petunia was a Squib (a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent) and Rowling replied: "Good question. No, she is not, she is not a Squib. She is a Muggle.
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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 Albus Potter a pureblood?

Also, the Harry Potter wiki says that Albus Potter is a half-blood, even though Harry and Ginny are both magical.
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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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How is Petunia not a witch?

Since Petunia's sister, Lily, was a Muggle-born witch, both girls must have a wizarding ancestry, however distantly. This means that Petunia was still related to wizards, even if she pretended she did not have a sister.
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Is Harry's dad a pure-blood?

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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Was Lily Potter an Animagus?

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James's Animagus form was that of a stag, which earned him his nickname, Prongs. Strikingly, Harry's Patronus was a stag and his mother Lily's was a doe, a female deer, showing that the family's characters were in harmony and formed part of the same animal group.
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Is Harrys mom a Mudblood?

Harry Potter's mother, Lily Evans, and his best friend, Hermione Granger, were Muggle-born.
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Why was Lily Potter so powerful?

Since even Lord Voldemort was willing to overlook Lily's Muggle-born status and ask her to join him, this is proof that she was a truly powerful and accomplished witch. She was noted for her particular talent in Potion-making and was able to conjure a corporeal doe Patronus, a mark of superior magical ability.
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Was Tom Riddle's father a Muggle?

Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt, is Salazar Slytherin's direct descendant, and his father is Tom Riddle, a Muggle. During this time period, Voldemort is known by his birth name, Tom Marvolo Riddle.
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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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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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Is Newt a pureblood?

It is unknown if Newt is pure-blood or half-blood, as his father's blood status is unknown. According to Dumbledore, Newt does not seek power and simply asks, "what is right?" His patronus is unknown as, according to JK Rowling, is a secret.
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What did Amos Diggory begged Harry to do?

Amos begged Harry to use the time-turner to go back in time and save Cedric. Harry politely declined, stating he couldn't meddle with time. Amos thought Harry was partly responsible for Cedric's death, because Voldemort never wanted Cedric.
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Are Harry's kids Gryffindor?

J.K. Rowling Reveals Harry Potter's Son Is a Gryffindor.
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Why Harry named his daughter Luna?

Apart form all the reasons mentioned above, Luna was more of a close friend to Ginny. Surely Ginny, the mother of Lily Luna Potter and wife of Harry Potter, would have liked to name her daughter after her close friend who stayed by her side and fought loyally during their 6th year at Hogwarts.
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Is Draco a Mudblood?

Throughout the books, Draco Malfoy refers to Muggle-borns as Mudbloods, sometimes openly, in the midst of a large crowd of students. Especially in the early books, before the return of Voldemort.
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Is Ron a Mudblood?

Ron is a pureblood. He's a pureblood and don't mind, dear, but could you use the term Muggleborn? Pure Blood. Pure blood but the Weasleys are also called blood traitors as they like and don't think there is anything wrong with muggle borns (especially Arthur he loves them!)
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Did Voldemort know Snape was half-blood?

Pretty sure Voldemort would have known all the names of the pure blood families and the name "Snape" isn't among them, 'cause Snape got it from his muggle father.. Even if he did, I think that Voldemort turned a blind eye to half-blood Death Eaters, considering that he was a half-blood himself.
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