Where Snape belongs on the family tree

[evangelina839]

No: HPFGUIDX 79055

This will for always be my dear, but sort of silly, little fanfic speculati=
on, but I'm still 
going to ruthlessly expose the poor little thing to the public. I've never =
seen this 
theory anywhere, so even if someone else has already suggested the possibil=
ity, I still 
claim ownership. :) Here goes: Severus Snape is the son of Lucius Malfoy's =
sister. I'll 
explain how it works.

Facts and assumed facts:

Lucius Malfoy was born in 1954 (41 in OotP), Severus Snape in 1960. To make=
 the age 
difference between this uncle and nephew work, I place the birth of the Mal=
foy sister 
some ten or so years before her brother, which means that she was about six=
teen in 
1960. It's young, but not unreasonable so. She could always have been even =
older 
than Lucius, but the early pregnancy fits my theory, so I'm going with this=
. Alright, 
next:

I believe that Snape is a halfblood, as was suggested on the list a while b=
ack (sorry I 
can't give credit; I thought I had the number of the post, but it turned ou=
t to be the 
wrong one). Making the safe assumption that the Malfoys are purebloods, tha=
t means 
that Snape's father was a muggle or a muggleborn, possibly squib. It fits m=
y theory, 
though, that the man has no magical powers, so disregard the possiblity of =
a 
muggleborn for a minute. I also think it's pretty safe to assume that the p=
arents of 
Lucius and his sister are not much unlike the Blacks: proud purebloods, dar=
k arts 
enthusiasts, bigots and racists.

Snape's childhood memory shows him as the small boy crying in a corner whil=
e his 
father is shouting at his mother. I, for one, am sure that Harry's assumpti=
on was right 
and Snape is in fact the little boy; if he was the grown man, Harry would h=
ave 
recognised him. That obviously means his parents did not have a healthy rel=
ationship.

Snape addressed Draco Malfoy as "Draco" in his office when Draco interrupts=
 the 
Occlumency lesson (the "Snape's worst memory" chapter). Of course he does, =
they're 
cousins!

The events:

Here's how I think it all happened. About 15 or 16 years old, the Malfoy si=
ster 
accidentally gets pregnant with a muggle/squib. Her parents go ballistic an=
d blasts 
her off the Malfoy family tree, if there ever was one. Their daughter is ki=
cked out of 
home and marries her Mr Snape. Some time after that wedding, the Malfoy sis=
ter 
confesses that she is a witch. And just like the elder Tom Riddle, Mr Snape=
 is not 
happy. But he has married the woman and sees no way out. He gets bitter and=
 
abusive. A simplified description - feel free to fill in the blanks.

Okay. So why is Lucius Malfoy so friendly with Severus Snape today? I see t=
wo 
possibilites. A: Lucius Malfoy is only about six years old when his older s=
ister 
disappears from the family. It's possible he never even found out what real=
ly 
happened to her, let alone her new surname. So if that's the case, he's not=
 aware of 
his relationship to Snape. B: Lucius and Severus met each other via the Sly=
therin gang 
or at a DE meeting, Lucius realised that his nephew had the "right values",=
 and they 
became friends on the basis of common interests.

And that's the theory. Let's call it Lucia. Am I nuts? Let me know. :)

evangelina, who had to turn her lights back on during AM hours last night j=
ust to 
write this down
 yawn