A Muggleborn is a witch or wizard in the Harry Potter continuum who was not born to a wizarding family, but instead to two Muggles. While Muggleborn wizards and witches are never shown in canon to have lesser magical abilities than their pureblood equivalents (witches and wizards born to two wizarding parents, neither of which are Muggleborn), and are in fact often proven to be more capable, they are looked down upon by some purebloods. Under a government controlled by the Dark Lord Voldemort, they were accused of stealing magic and persecuted accordingly. Death Eaters and their supporters view them as one step above Muggles, although one could argue that they are viewed as one step below Muggles because they are 'pretending to be real wizards and witches' and 'stealing magic from purebloo