Part-Human

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"*Well, I think this should put an end to the oaf's teaching career. Half-giant... and there was me thinking he'd just swallowed a bottle of Skele-Gro when he was young...*"
— **Hagrid'**s part-human status is exposed

**Part-Human**, more commonly known by the scientific term **Half-Breed**, is a term given to humans with at least one non-human parent; though those with more distant non-human ancestry also fall under this term. "Half-Breed" was the scientific name for the creatures, but it is also known to be an offensive insult, "Part-Human" is the less offensive term. There was a great deal of prejudice against part humans in the wizarding world, which also tended to discriminate against non-human beings in general.

## Types of Part-Humans

### Half-Giant

A half-giant was the offspring of a giant and a human. They would be called part-giants if they were a percentage other than half. Half-Giants would be much taller and larger than ordinary humans, would have considerable spell resistant skin, as well as possess great physical strength, though not to the same extent as giants.

Rubeus Hagrid was a half-giant, with a wizard father and giantess mother. The exact parentage of Olympe Maxime, a part-giant, is unclear: whether she had a giant father or mother is also unknown. Maxime was very cautious about revealing her heritage, presumably due to fear of being persecuted for it. Half-Giants were rare in the wizarding world.

### Half-Goblin

A half-goblin was the child of a goblin and a human. Half-Goblins were much shorter than ordinary humans, as well as likely being cleverer than most humans as well, a trait they could inherit from their goblin ancestry.

There were no known half-goblins, but Filius Flitwick had "*a dash of goblin ancestry*", meaning that one of his ancestors was a goblin.

### Half-Veela

A half-veela was the child of a wizard and a veela. Half-Veela, known as Part-Veela if they were not exactly half, were considerably more beautiful than average humans, as well as seemed to possess the veela power of entrancing the opposite sex. It is unknown if part-veelas were able to transform into bird-like creatures or throw fire, as full veelas could.

It was, at one time, unknown if a being with veela blood could produce a male, as all examples of part-veela's and full-blooded veela were female. However, quarter-veela Fleur Delacour and wizard Bill Weasley had a son named Louis. It is unknown if he was able to entrance human females the way female part-veelas entranced male humans.

Apolline Delacour was a half-veela; making her children, Fleur, Mireille, Alain, Antione, and Gabrielle Delacour quarter-veelas and her grandchildren, Victoire, Dominique, Louis, and Camille Weasley one-eighth Veela.

### Half-Vampire

A half-vampire was the child of a wizard and a vampire. They supposedly resembled a human but with subtle vampire traits such as mildly exaggerated fangs and pale skin. It is unknown whether they would inherit any vampire tendencies such as aversions to garlic and sunlight.

Singer Lorcan d'Eath was the only known part-vampire wizard. His vampire percentage is unknown.

### Half-Elf

Part-Elves, or Half-Elves, were individuals with both human and elf heritage. Irma Dugard was the only known part-elf and her exact percentage is unknown.

### Half-Troll

A part-troll, or half-troll, was an individual with human and troll heritage, noted for their inhuman strength which they took from their troll parent or ancestor.

### Theoretical Half-Humans

As crossbreeding between humans and goblins exists, it is likely that humans might also crossbreed with Pukwudgies and Dark Goblins, as they were subtypes or close relatives of goblins. Following the same logic, if part-elves did indeed exist, it is very plausible there could also be half-yumboes, half-erklings, and half-red caps. It may also be theoretically possible that hags could cross-breed with humans, however, for obvious reasons (see hag), this was unlikely to occur.

It is also likely that the other species that could crossbreed with humans could supposedly crossbreed with each other, as logic would dictate.

Other human-like creatures included Merpeople, Manticores, Sphinxes, and Centaurs. They were all distinguished from the above species by obvious non-human morphology in spite of having humanoid facial features and intelligence. It is unknown if crossbreeding with these creatures could be possible.

### Non-Humans

Magical creatures could interbreed with other creatures, both magical and not, aside from humans. Generally, it seemed that similar creatures could produce successful offspring. For instance, half-breeds between crups and normal dogs and kneazles and normal cats existed, breeding of the latter even being a hobby pursued by some people, such as Arabella Figg. Offspring was also possible between wildly different creatures on occasion, a good example being Blast-Ended Skrewts, which were crosses between Fire Crabs and Manticores: whether magical intervention was required to successfully breed in such a case is unknown, though it was very probable. It is also likely that the other species that could cross breed with humans could cross breed with each other.

In modern times, the creation of new half-breed beasts was illegal in Great Britain due to the passing of the Ban on Experimental Breeding.

## Mistaken for Part-Humans

Centaurs were their own non-human breed, even though they looked to be half-human. They were not half-humans, half-horses, even though some might describe them that way because they possessed a human-like head and great intelligence, but part of their body appeared to be that of a horse. They found it extremely offensive to be referred to as half-breeds, as seen in 1996 when Dolores Umbridge insulted a herd of centaurs by calling them half-breeds.

Similarly, Merpeople were not half-breeds, despite their half-fish, half-human appearance. Umbridge falsely believed them to be so, as well as suggested them to be rounded up and tagged.

Werewolves were not half-breeds: they were human victims of the magical affliction lycanthropy. It is unknown if "half-werewolves" existed: the only close example was Teddy Lupin, the son of a werewolf and a witch. He was a metamorphmagus like his mother and was not a werewolf. Teddy was the first known example of a werewolf's child. Because of the lack of a precedent, his father was extremely worried about passing lycanthropy to him. It is still unknown if the condition was hereditary. Once again, Umbridge incorrectly believed them to be half-breeds, simply due to their human-animal dual attributes.

## Known Part-Humans

### One Magical Parent & One Non-Human Parent

* **Apolline Durand** — Unnamed Durand (wizard father) and Adrienne Allaire (veela mother)
* **Olympe Maxime** — Magical Human Parent and Giant Parent (likely, her exact percentage is unknown, but she is referred to as a "half-giant")
* **Rubeus Hagrid** — Mr. Hagrid (wizard father) and Fridwulfa (giantess mother)

### Two Magical Parents & Known Non-Human Ancestry

* **Filius Flitwick** — one goblin ancestor
* **Fleur**, **Mireille**, **Alain**, **Antione**, and **Gabrielle Delacour** — Édouard Delacour (wizard father), Apolline Durand (half-veela mother), and Adrienne Allaire (veela grandmother)
* **Lorcan d'Eath** — one vampire ancestor
* **Victoire**, **Dominique**, **Louis**, and **Camille Weasley** — William Weasley (pureblood father), Fleur Delacour (quarter-veela mother), and Adrienne Allaire (veela great-grandmother)
* **Irma Dugard** — one house-elf ancestor