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How do Muggle-borns get mail?
When Muggle-born witches and wizards reach the age of eleven in the British wizarding community, their Hogwarts acceptance letters are delivered in person by a member of the staff, instead of by owl post (the usual postal system for wizards and witches).
How does Hermione have powers if her parents are Muggles?
Muggle-borns inherit magic from a distant ancestor; they are descended from Squibs who have married Muggles and whose families had lost the knowledge of their wizarding legacy. The magic resurfaces unexpectedly many generations later. Hermione was able to perform magic because she wasn’t a muggle.
How do muggle-borns get to Diagon Alley?
Muggleborns enter in the same way. Muggleborns are given the letter by some wizard representative, who provides them with an explanation about the wizarding world, and complete instructions on how to access Diagon Alley. Wizards usually arrive there by floo powder, so there isn’t much of a crowd in The Leaky Cauldron.
Can muggleborns come to Hogwarts?
Someone like Filch can see Hogwarts although he doesn’t have magic but even if a Squib is different from a muggle, Tom Riddle specifically mentions in the memory Harry saw that Mrytle’s parents would be arriving at the castle. Since she’s muggleborn, clearly muggle parents can come. They cannot, if they are not inside the magical world.
What does Muggle born mean in Harry Potter?
Muggle-born (No-Maj-born in the United States), once known as Magbobs and also known by the pejorative mudblood, are expressions referring to witches or wizards who are born to two non-magical parents. Their magical abilities do not seem to be at all affected by their Muggle parentage.
Can Muggle parents get onto Platform 9¾?
Questions about Muggle parents getting onto Platform 9¾ are addressed Who gets Muggleborn students onto Platform 9¾, where it’s verified that Muggle parents and siblings can indeed get onto the platform, so areable to cross that magical barrier (DH). I cannot find a canon reference to any known Muggle parents visiting Hogwarts.
Were Muggle-borns really Muggles who stole magic from real witches?
Political propaganda claimed that Muggle-borns were really Muggles who had stolen magic from “real” witches and wizards, supported by research supposedly carried out by the Department of Mysteries.