Sirius' family/Severus

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 11813

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Monika Zaboklicka" 
<monika.zaboklicka at c...> wrote:

> To my best knowledge no relative is ever mentioned. We also know
> nothing about Snape's family. I'd laugh my head off if these two
> tall, thin, black-haired men turned out to be relatives...

With the personal names Sirius and Severus, I am SURE both of them 
are at least half-and-half, and I think they are both purebloods. 
Probably all the purebloods in Britain are related, there being so 
few of them. James Potter was a tall, thin, black haired man, too -- 
it seems to be a common type among wizards.

More important question!!!
Where does it say that Snape is tall? I keep looking and can't find 
anything about his height. Where does it say that Snape is thin? I 
imagine him more a mesomorph than an ectomorph. And is he all 
clean-shaven? JKR's description is always: "sallow skin, hook nose, 
shoulder-length greasy black hair" and sometimes "black eyes", but no 
statement of presence or absence of facial hair. If he had a beard 
long enough to take into his belt or long waxed mustache like the 
villain in a Wild West melodrama, she would have had to mention it, 
but he could have something like a goatee and a stupid little
mustache like the Three Musketeers....