Blood purity
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Blood purity is a common expression used to denote racial purity. It typically refers to:
- Limpieza de sangre, blood purity laws in Medieval Spain stipulating a social hierarchy based on ancestry
- Blood quantum laws, tribal laws in the United States stipulating a certain minimum degree of indigenous and/or tribal ancestry required for membership in a given Native American tribe
Blood purity may also refer to:
- Purity of wizarding ancestry in the fictional Harry Potter series
See also
- Blood (disambiguation)
- Casta
- German Blood Certificate
- Purity (disambiguation)
- Purebred
- Pedigree chart
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