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According to "the tradition of [the] house" mentioned in ''The Lord of the Rings'', the line of Princes of [[Dol Amroth]] originated from the union of Imrazôr the Númenórean, a Prince of Belfalas,<ref name="UT Cirion and Eorl" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1980}}, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", note 39, p. 316.</ref> and Mithrellas, a Silvan Elf and companion of Nimrodel, an Nandorin Elf from Lothlórien.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1980}}, "History of Galadriel and Celeborn", p. 248.</ref> They had two children: a boy Galador and a girl Gilmith, though it is said that Mithrellas later vanished in the night. Galador, according to this tradition, became the first Prince of Dol Amroth.<ref name="Arwen">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Armstrong|first=Helen |editor=Michael D.C. Drout |title=Arwen |encyclopedia=[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]]|year=2013 |orig-year=2006 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-0-415-86511-1 |pages=38–39}}</ref> Tolkien initially worked on a genealogical table linking Imrazôr's children with [[Imrahil]], but eventually abandoned it.<ref>The table is reproduced in ''The History of Middle-earth'', Vol XII, "The Heirs of Elendil", pp. 222-23.</ref> The claim of elvish heritage figures in the perception of Prince Imrahil among the people of Minas Tirith, illustrated by the following line of dialogue: "Belike the old tales speak well; there is [[Half-elven|Elvish blood]] in the veins of that folk, for the people of Nimrodel dwelt in that land once long ago".<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}} "The Siege of Gondor", p. 98.</ref> [[Legolas]], an Elf of [[Mirkwood]], believed as much about Prince Imrahil's alleged heritage upon meeting him during the events of ''[[The Return of the King]]''.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}} book 5, ch. 4 "The Siege of Gondor"</ref><ref name="Hammond Scull 2005"/> He remarked that "long since the people of Nimrodel left the woodlands of Lórien, and yet still one may see that not all sailed from Amroth's haven west over water",<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955}} "The Last Debate", p. 148.</ref> though the matter is probed no further.

In ''[[The Hobbit]]'' reference is made to a rumour among [[Hobbit]] folk that a Took ancestor of [[Bilbo Baggins]] had long ago taken a "fairy" (i.e. Elf) wife, but the allegation is immediately dismissed as a simplistic explanation for the sometimes atypical behaviour of the Took clan.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1937}}, ch. 1 ""An Unexpected Party"</ref> Even if hobbits have some elvish blood, however, they are "endearing rather than frightening", unlike other half-human hybrids such as [[Dracula]].<ref name="Bridgstock 1989">{{cite journal |last=Bridgstock |first=Martin |title=The Twilit Fringe-Anthropology and Modern Horror Fiction |journal=[[The Journal of Popular Culture]] |volume=23 |issue=3 |year=1989 |pages=115–123 |issn=0022-3840 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-3840.1989.00115.x}}</ref>

In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'' (published in two parts), the young Tolkien originally intended Eärendil, then spelled [[Aurvandil|Earendel]], to be the first of the Half-elven.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}} book 2, ch. 5 "The Tale of Eärendel"</ref> Early versions of ''[[The Tale of Beren and Lúthien]]'' had Beren as an Elf.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}} book 2, ch. 1 "The Tale of Tinúviel"</ref> The earliest version of the tale of [[Túrin Turambar]] had Tamar, the character Tolkien later renamed Brandir, as a Half-elf; Tolkien mentioned this in a way that implied he did not consider Half-elven descent especially remarkable at the time he wrote that story.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}} book 2, ch. 2 "Turambar and the Foalókë"</ref>