It validates the pure blood doctrine; Lucius might know since he knew about the chamber of secrets and the diary. We also know from the movie that voldemort was living with muggles before hogworts in a orphanage.
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Very few people know he is tom riddle.
Voldemort was ashamed of his muggle.
While the answer is a definitive yes, understanding the nuances of his lineage and how it shaped. Through his pensieve, dumbledore shows harry what shaped tom riddle,. Other than him, i don’t see how anyone else could. If even a half blood supports it it “must be true”, isn’t racist etc.
Several time in the book harry throws that in people face that voldemort is a half. It is possible that his followers do not realize this, since bellatrix acted as though. The canon evidence is not conclusive. He also benefits from exceptionalism.

Yeah, his mother was a witch but his dad was a.
Voldemort’s half blood status works on a few levels. Why didn't voldemort choose to eliminate muggles first which would have.



