Some discrepancies

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86357

Sylvia wrote:
> The most likely explanation for Mrs. Black's proprietorial references 
> to her ancient house is that it is, indeed, her ancient house.  Both 
> her maiden name and her married name was Black i.e. she married a 
> cousin, a quite common occurrence in the tiny, inbred circle in which 
> she moved. I think the house always belonged to her side of the 
> family and that Mr. Black merely moved in after they were married, so 
> the house, in the literal and metaphorical sense, was hers.


Hi, Sylvia. Any canon to support that, or just Mrs. Black's fanaticism
and use of "my" instead of "our" or "my husband's"? My theory of the
moment is still that Mrs. Black was insanely fixated with her
husband's family, which she regarded as hers, but I'm willing to
reconsider if the evidence is strong enough. We don't have any
evidence of cousins marrying cousins with the same last name, only
Black/Malfoy, Black/Lestrange, Black/Tonks (definitely not within the
little circle), and Potter/Evans. Mrs. Weasley is apparently related
to mr. Weasley, but we don't know to what degree or what her maiden
name was. We also know that Uncle Alpheus (sp?) was a Black and willed
his house to Sirius, but I'm assuming until proven otherwise that he
was Sirius's father's brother. 

Present me with some evidence to prove me wrong. ;-)

Carol