Black's family tree (was Re: Where Snape belongs on the family tree)

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 79157

<snips Evangelina839's part of post> 

> I'm so sorry for the major snip to a great post...moderators scare 
> me...Two things I'd like your input on.  1)All family members 
should 
> have a place on the tapestry up to the date of last updating which 
> might explain Tonks not being there...she was not born yet at the 
> last update.  Even if they are disgraced, the mark of where they 
were 
> should still be there.  I thought Sirius explained the marks to 
Harry 
> which were the disgraced family members. And Harry would definitely 
> have spotted Snapes name right off if it was on there. 2) Neville 
may 
> very well have seen Snape at St. Mungos even if it was only once.  
It 
> could be that Snape had some sort of an agreement with him not to 
> tell anyone.  Could that be why he is so awful to Neville all the 
> time?  Could he be afraid that Neville will spill the beans to 
Harry 
> since they are always near each other?

To which I reply:

1) Both Evangelina839 and Potterfanme (and others) mention that Snape 
is not included in the tapestry of the Black family tree, but the 
Malfoys are. 
The only canon that we have that Lucius Malfoy is on it, because he 
married Sirius's niece Narcissa Black. Draco is on it because he is 
the son of Narcissa Black. This is the Black's family tree after all.
Severus Snape is (in my theory and that of Evangelina839) related to 
Lucius Malfoy, (aunt or sister) so he would show up on the tapestry 
of the Malfoys, provided that they have one. But he does not show on 
the Black's tapestry as he is not related to the Blacks. In our 
theory he is related to the Blacks by marriage, namely that of Lucius 
to Narcissa, and that is too far removed to show on the Blacks family 
tree.

2) I'm not so sure about that. If someone was nasty to me to keep my 
mouth shut, I would sooner think 'what, keeping a secret for you! 
Forget it if you treat me like that!' and tell others. But ok, 
Neville is not me and he is sometimes, uh, intimidated enough by 
others.

Lilian