It would of been thousands of years ago, seemingly right after the troll wars when the high elves and humans were close.
True⊠If they turn out to be half elves from when Dathâremar Sunstrider was king or from the precursor of Anastarian it leaves us with more questions than answers. Why was this not known to the Thalassians? Who were these elves who decided to sully themselves with humans? Especially back then elves were even more arrogant than today. Sure I can expect modern elves to be more willing to soak their oats in a human field, but what happened then? Why Bretons in WoW?
We also have to remember that these Arathi also left long before the actual kingdom was a thing, it was right after the humans got their vision of the naaru, but didnât understand what it was.
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Yeah that makes sense for the humans, but elves are long lived. This would be something the elves would know about. Every elf in Silvermoon would of heard stories of how the Arathi met the humans and how Lotharâs line was owed a great debt. How humans and elves created a bond of friendship⊠Oh dear Elune⊠they just recontextualized what that old story meant⊠they created an eternal bond which King Anasterian was bound to honor because the children of the elves and the humans were owed a debt to the last of the Arathi bloodline who are in fact half elves!!! GRRR this is how they will play it out⊠SMH this is frustratingly logicalâŠ
Maybe the high elves at the time knew and never mentioned it because insert whatever secret both groups discovered together and didnât want that getting out to the rest of the world or something
(Just trying to add more to your idea here 
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Yeah⊠that sounds like Blizzard writing. The elves knew but didnât tell the younger elves on why we were so committed to help the humans of the Arathi bloodline. The why is now obvious some elves found comfort amongst the humans birthing these abominations and we had to honor our bond with them⊠Yet okay why are regular playable humans getting this option? I get the Arathi but the Stormwind humans and Kul Tirans? Who looked at a giant Kul Tiran drust baby and went, âMmmm Iâll tap that keg! Me like snu snu with her!â
There is no accounting for tastes.
Maybe weâre looking at this the wrong way? Seeing as the children seem to have pointed ears as well perhaps what weâre seeing is some form of adaptation the Arathi developed living underground? It sounds like a longshot, but so does an entire kingdom of half elves. I DONâT KNOW, OKAY.
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Yeah me neither, but I doubt its adaptation if playable humans now get pointy ears. Pointy elven ears⊠Kul Tiran humans with elf ears⊠that is wrong on so many levels that I cannot begin to describe my utter disgust⊠Itâs almost as bad as a Harronir. I might just torch the place before Iâm done leveling there. I guess now we have a reason for Void Elves to cheer for the coming Midnight. Maybe when all the elven tribe unite⊠that will mean the half elves will be among us⊠Half Kulâtiran elf dancing over Silvermoonâs mailboxes⊠Second thought I might torch Azeroth myself. Who needs the herald? We can light the match together. I donât want half elves!
Not gonna lie, if half elves do become a thing lore wise, I would totally make one.
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Theyâre few and far between in the story but theyâre definitely already in the lore!
Vereesa & Rhoninâs sons (Galadin & Giramar) are half elves and so is Arator (Alleria & Turalyonâs son), I believe the first Guardian and the original wielder of the Mage artifact Ebonchill was also a half elf too.
Not QUITE a half elf but Kalec also takes one as a visage, so itâs cool that theyâre adding the option to match the lore even if they are more uncommon in the story so far. I suspect their rarity will be changing with the Arathi though from what weâve seen so far!
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Yeah I can accept a handful of half elves in every generation maybe now that the elves are so depleted that many sought comfort in the embrace of a human? But creating an entire nation of half elves?! Allowing elf ears as an option for humans both Kulâtiran and Human models⊠ugh⊠this is the thing of nightmares and IDC if roleplayers are giddy at the idea of playing a half elf. Somethings must never be⊠At least without major explanations. Would you want to role play a⊠half elf Kulâtiran?
Are you saying you donât want to be a gigantic swarthy half elf who sells the seas? 
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As a major troll fan I am very pleased with this. We need more of that Blizzard.
I suppose me being against it wont change what shall come⊠Giant swarthy half elves⊠I suppose I will have to accept it⊠like a happy little elf on a shelf grinding his teeth at what he sees. Worse I will have to quest in this new Arathi land where half elves rule⊠A country of half Thalassian/Arathi descendants.
We donât actually know if theyâre half elves or the ears/elven features are a mutation due to the giant crystal in hallowfall.
Until they say otherwise we have one cringeworthy likely scenario and thatâs a Thalassian and an Arathi enjoyed each other enough to create a half-breed race of human-elf hybrids. Bad was when Alleria birthed Arator and Rhonin and Vareesa graced us with their sons⊠now we have an entire kingdom full of these lovely children⊠The stuff of nightmares for the elves, but I suppose, thatâs just one personâs thoughts.
We now have Elder Scrolls Breton race in World of Warcraft. Then they extend the elf ear option to all playable humans⊠Oh how nice is that⊠Letâs disregard how and why, but it makes people happy. Now I know how people felt when they introduced mages and warlocks to the Night Elves and were against it. Same with Lightforged Warlocks⊠Neat⊠so neat.
Most people shrugged, or didnât care and moved on. This will be largely the same.
With only a very vocal minority actually upset by it 
I will eventually get over it. Most players donât read quests let alone understand the nuance of why this is game changing as in Midnight the reunification of the elves will result with Arathi/Thalassian being represented in the retaking of Silvermoon or battle for it. I suppose maybe your theory will be right and I can ignore it for the rest of my life. Yay mutant humans⊠or half elves⊠or whatever. Letâs go kill some nerubians.
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People got over playable Manâarai of all things, literal demonic destroyers of worldsâthis in comparison is a tiny bump in the road.
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