Were the Creevey Brothers Muggle-Borns?

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We have discussed before how Rowling seems to have "forgotten" in her later books that she originally intended for Colin Creevey to be a Muggle-born student. For one, it seems somewhat improbable that Colin and Dennis both turned out to be wizards if both of their parents were Muggles. For two, the fact that Professor McGonagall had to "chivvy" at least one Creevey out of the castle in chapter 31 of DH suggests that, despite the prohibition against Muggle-borns, the brothers were able to attend Hogwarts while Tom was in power... though it's possible that Colin, like Dean, was present for the final battle only because he had responded to Neville's alert on the DA coins.

However, it occurs to me that Colin's blood status was actually a bit ambiguous from the beginning.

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