Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5934324-20130325011804/@comment-5690373-20130325073131

Well she is definitely human, if she was a magical creature then she would have gotten her magic back the moment she set foot on storybrooke. She also knows about magic and she knows about other worlds (as she told the dragon that magic was rare in that world). My theory is her grandmother was a magical creature from another world (maybe one of the witches from Oz?) that got transported to this world and lost her powers and Tamara just wants to inherit her powers (but seems she doesn't have them because she was born on this world).