Vaguely - Dan and the Family Tree

[dumbledore11214]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> As many of you are aware, JKR hand wrote a section of 
> the Black Family Tree on a piece of paper that was later
> auctioned off.
> 
> Recently, there was a discussion about the accuracy of
> the HP Lexicon's Black Family Tree. In this discussion
> the person said a friend of his specifically went and
> viewed the piece of paper and copied it down for the 
> HP Lexicon. So, they were highly confident of it's 
> accuracy.
> 
> 
> However, in the discussion, they kept referring to the
> person who had bought the Black Family Tree at auction
> as 'Dan', and wondered whether 'Dan' would ever make
> it public. 
> 
> My first thought was Dan Radcliffe had bought it at
> auction, but I don't recall reading about this at 
> the time, and I assume it would have been big news.
> 
> Can anyone confirm or deny whether it actually was
> Dan Radcliffe who bought the Black Family Tree at
> auction?
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>


Alla:

Yes, I cannot be 100% sure and cannot refer you to the link, but I am 
pretty sure I remember reading that Dan Radcliffe's mother bought it 
for him.