Pure-blood

Pure-blood is a term given to those who claim to have a full wizarding family tree. A dying race, most pure-blood families believe in blood status, in that they believe they are superior to any other form of witch or wizard. Some wizarding families go to the extremes of inbreeding to have their family tree completely pure-blooded (i.e. the House of Gaunt & the House of Black). Other wizarding families believe it is acceptable to breed with half-bloods given a shortage of unrelated pure-blood witches and wizards (i.e. Malfoy Family).