[HPforGrownups] Wizarding Relations, or, Who Left the Snapes Out?

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 66333


> When Harry and Sirius are looking over the Black family tree, he (Sirius)
> states that almost all the pureblood wizarding families are intermarried,
as
> there is no one else for them to marry.  I didn't notice the grand old
name of
> Snape there, and I'm sure Harry would have mentioned it had he seen it.
>   Whether these means anything or nothing, I know not.  I'm just wondering
if
> Snape's father is/was a Muggle (hence the shouting scene and the seemingly
> unhappy home--and the reason young Severus is practicing magic in his
room).
> Interesting if the Head of Slytherin House isn't a pureblood!
> Ba

I am on my second read of this book, and have just come to the part where
Sirius and Harry are looking at the family tree.  I do notice that Harry is
not really looking at every last name, but mainly where Sirius directs him
to look.  The only time I notice Harry looking at something on his own is
when he notices that Andromeda's sister is Mrs. Malfoy, and notes Draco is
related to Sirius.  He sees the black spot that once was Sirius, Sirius
directs him to his brother Regulus, but as far as I can tell, Harry doesn't
even take a look at Sirius's parents.  Not once do we even hear a name for
them besides Mother and Father or Mr. and Mrs. Black.

The reason I post this is because I wonder what Mrs. Black's maiden name
was.  I was thinking we had some sort of a physical description of Mrs.
Black, but all we are given is yellowing skin (along with rolling eyes and a
cap on her head).  Anyway, the yellowing skin must have been what stuck in
my head when I began to post.  The yellowish skin put me in mind immediately
with Snape, who is always described as having sallow skin.  Is there a
possibility that her maiden name could be Snape?  Perhaps she is Severus's
aunt, his father's sister.  Although I am of the firm belief that most of
Severus's hair problem comes from his lack of self-confidence and him just
not caring enough to do something about it, this does not mean that some of
it could be genetic and this is why Mrs. Black is wearing a cap over her
hair.  I admit, one reason I have this idea in my head is because I have
seen fanart of Snape and Sirius that had them looking somewhat alike.  I am
going out on a limb by even posting this, but there is a chance this could
be the case, so therefore I post it.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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