PPMW background - Snape/Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 29577

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., finwitch at y... wrote:
> Just my wiew...
> 
> Firstly, I find it more or less clear that James and Sirius were 
> friends from early childhood (their mothers may have been together 
> giving birth to them, for all I know).
> 
> The Potter family had inherited money - and lots of it, but they 
> didn't use it much, but earned their way by work. Wizard and a 
witch, 
> I think. Most of his relatives dead before his birth.
> 
> Blacks lived next door. I think Sirius lived with his mother - and 
his 
> father didn't marry his mother, being already married to Severus 
> Snape's mother of which he'd lied - and thus Sirius Black and 
Severus 
> Snape are step-brothers. Sirius' Mother told his son all about it, 
was 
> bitter - and made the very core in raising Sirius to be loyalty.
> 
> James, Sirius and Severus went to pre-Hogwarts-school, where Sirius 
> and Severus tended to get into fights over their common father. 
James 
> supported Sirius and got away with the matter. Teachers sent notes 
to 
> their homes requiring a parent's signature. Sirius' mother would 
not 
> give much of it, merely sign the note. Meanwhile, Severus gets a 
> howler - and possibly a further punishment once he gets home. This 
> goes on, finally the Old Snape can't take it anymore, but makes a 
> will, giving most of his fortune to Blacks - and commits suicide. 
This 
> leaves Snapes quite poor, while both Potters and Blacks have 
wealth...
> 

An interesting point of view. It sort of explains Snape being in 
Slytherin or being associated with it-whether it's true or not, what 
with the whole Slytherin's being ambitious/thristy to prove 
themselves.