Wizarding Relations, or, Who Left the Snapes Out?

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 66412

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Grosskreutz" 
> 
> 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.
> 

Yahoomort evidently ate this reply the first time I posted it, so 
here it is again.

Kelly, you're following in my footsteps, to a certain extent. See 
post #63570. And, while I think the name "Snape" might have caught 
Harry's eye had he stood there long enough, it seemed he was drawn 
first to the blasted-out holes of the names of the unsatisfactory 
members of the family.  And then he found the Malfoys. 

I can't decide if Sirius busily pointing out his various lunatic 
relations was just a trip down a dark memory lane, or if he was 
trying to prevent Harry from noticing certain people or relationships 
on the tapestry.  Somehow, I doubt we're through discovering all 
there is to know about the interrelationships of these families.

Marianne