Dear flist, a question.
I have many, many times found myself pondering over the different ways that bloodlines can be arranged. For example, if a muggleborn reproduces with a muggleborn, is the child a half-blood? But this is one that is really tickling me:
Let's say that a child is born to a deceased father and a mother that dies in labor. Both are muggles and the child is a muggleborn. The Ministry, having automatically registered the child as a wizard, assigns the baby to a wizarding family. But, GASP, the family is purely pureblood! Now I know in all physical reality this child is still a poor muggleborn, but who would really know that? Wouldn't everyone else know that child as a pureblood? and, if that child married a pureblood, would it be considered a continuation of the bloodline socially? AND, to take it a step further, that couple's child would be "pureblood"- but half-blood physically.
I'd like to hear your views on this. What do you think about each aspect? How would this be important in Wizarding society? I know it can't be common, but there must be a handful every generation in Wizarding World. What would be the social ramifications?
WOW I HAVE A BIG VOCABULARY. <3
Let's say that a child is born to a deceased father and a mother that dies in labor. Both are muggles and the child is a muggleborn. The Ministry, having automatically registered the child as a wizard, assigns the baby to a wizarding family. But, GASP, the family is purely pureblood! Now I know in all physical reality this child is still a poor muggleborn, but who would really know that? Wouldn't everyone else know that child as a pureblood? and, if that child married a pureblood, would it be considered a continuation of the bloodline socially? AND, to take it a step further, that couple's child would be "pureblood"- but half-blood physically.
I'd like to hear your views on this. What do you think about each aspect? How would this be important in Wizarding society? I know it can't be common, but there must be a handful every generation in Wizarding World. What would be the social ramifications?
WOW I HAVE A BIG VOCABULARY. <3