Halfblood

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"*Most wizards these days are halfblood anyway. If we hadn't married muggles, we'd've died out.*"
— **Ronald Weasley** regarding half-blood statistics

**Halfblood** was the term commonly given to wizards and witches who had known Muggle or Muggleborn parents or grandparents. By the 1990s, halfbloods were the most common type of wizard or witch, as the pureblood wizarding population would have become extinct had they not inter-married with Muggles and Muggleborns.

## Overview

It should be noted that any wizard or witch who was neither pureblood nor muggleborn was considered halfblood, even if they had two magical parents; they need not have had *exactly* half-muggle/half-wizard heritage.

Non-magical children born with at least one magical parent were considered squibs by the wizarding community rather than halfbloods or muggles. Examples include Martha Steward II, Dolores Umbridge's brother, and Gilderoy Lockhart's two sisters. Because of their muggle parentage, many end up assimilating into the muggle population as they would have more trouble thriving within the magical community.

Magical children born to a muggleborn and a muggle are also considered halfbloods, such as Penny and Beatrice Haywood.

## Parentage

### Magical & Muggle

* **Seamus Finnegan**: Mrs. Finnegan (witch) and Mr. Finnegan (muggle)
* **Penny** and **Beatrice Haywood**: Mrs. Haywood (muggleborn) and Mr. Haywood (muggle)
* **Gilderoy Lockhart**: Mrs. Lockhart (witch) and Mr. Lockhart (muggle)
* **Remus Lupin**: Lyall Lupin (wizard) and Hope Howell (muggle)
* **Minerva**, **Malcolm**, and **Robert McGonagall**: Isobel Ross (witch) and Robert McGonagall (muggle)
* **Tom Marvolo Riddle**: Merope Gaunt (pureblood) and Tom Riddle Sr (muggle)
* **Severus Snape**: Eileen Prince (pureblood) and Tobias Snape (muggle)
* **Rionach Steward**: Isolt Sayre (pureblood) and James Steward (muggle)
* **Dean Thomas**: Mr. Thomas (wizard) and Mrs. Thomas (muggle)
* **Sybill Trelawney**: Mr. Trelawney (wizard) and Mrs. Trelawney (muggle)
* **Celestina Warbeck**: Mr. Warbeck (wizard) and Mrs. Warbeck (muggle)
* **Dolores Umbridge**: Orford Umbridge (pureblood) and Ellen Cracknell (muggle)
* **Bowman Wright**: Mrs. Wright (witch) and Mr. Wright (muggle)
* **Quirinus Quirrell**: Mr. and Mrs. Quirrell (unknown which is muggle)

### Pure/Halfblood & Muggleborn

* **Alfred**, **Ellie**, and **Maisie Cattermole**: Reginald Cattermole and Mary Cattermole (muggleborn)
* **Cresswell Brothers**: Mrs. Cresswell and Dirk Cresswell (muggleborn)
* **Albus**, **Aberforth**, and **Ariana Dumbledore**: Percival Dumbledore and Kendra Dumbledore (muggleborn)
* **Garrick Ollivander**: Gervaise Ollivander (pureblood) and Mrs. Ollivander (muggleborn)
* **Harry Potter**: James Potter (pureblood) and Lily Evans (muggleborn)
* **Menodora**, **Metrodora**, and **Nymphadora Tonks**: Andromeda Tonks (pureblood) and Edward Tonks (muggleborn)
* **Rose** and **Hugo Granger-Weasley**: Ronald Weasley (pureblood) and Hermione Granger (muggleborn)

### Both Halfbloods

* **Edward** and **Hope Lupin**: Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks

### Muggle or Muggleborn Grandparent

* **James**, **Albus**, **Lily**, **Ruby**, and **Minerva Potter**: Ginevra Weasley and Harry Potter (muggleborn mother)
* **???** and **Delphini Riddle**: Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort (muggle father)