Finally saw it! - Now Just the Ring.

[Carol]

bboyminn wrote:
> 
> According to Hermione, the Perverell's were one of the first wizarding families to die out, so that would make easily 20 to 30 generations between the Three Brothers and Harry and Tom. 
> 
> That assumes 500 years ago, it could have been longer. So, while they may be in the same family tree, they are spread across extremely diverse branches of that family tree. <snip>

Carol responds:
Oops. You're right. I was thinking that eight generations would be four hundred years. That would make a generation fifty years rather than about twenty! But my point is the same as yours--the relationship is too distant to matter.

Carol, thinking that the Black Family tapestry would require a lot more space than one hallway if it includes every descendant back to the Middle Ages