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Originally posted by Tancred, and edited for brevity:
The Dunedain ancestry, and that of Numenor before it, was descended from the line of Elros, Elrond's brother. Elrond and Elros were of the Half-elven. Elros chose mankind; Elrond became an Elf. Therefore it's correct to say Aragorn has no Elven blood.
However, Luthien herself was the grand-daughter of the Valar, Yavanna (if I remember arightly)... so you might well say that Aragorn, while not being possessed of Elvish heritage, has a certain spark of the divine about him.
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While it's quite true that Elros chose the path of Men for himself and his descendants, I wouldn't say that directly equates to having "no Elven blood" in his veins. Both Elrond and Elros chose nothing more than physical characteristics and the place in which they would rest in the Halls of Mandos; the choice did not sunder brother from brother, or parents from children. Tolkien even gives us examples of true Half-Elves (Earendil and Elwing), proving that the blood of both races can flow in the same body.
Luthien Tinuviel did indeed have divine blood, but it was not from Yavanna of the Valar, but rather from Melian of the Maiar, who was her mother. And don't forget that the Numenoreans have Half-Elven blood on the other side of their ancestry as well, from Idril Celebrindal and Tuor.