Snape's background, on the other hand, is less clear, though what we know of it is quite the opposite of the Malfoys'. We know that he is a half-blood: his father, Tobias Snape, was a Muggle and ...

Severus Snape was born in a small muggle village as the only son of Eileen and Tobias Snape. He grew up close to Lily and Petunia Evans, befriending the two girls when he was 9 years old.

Snape was a half-blood, born to a Muggle father named Tobias Snape and a witch mother named Eileen Prince. His father was neglectful and sometimes abusive, which may have contributed to Snape's ...