OOP: The Inheritance?

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No: HPFGUIDX 70006

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jsmithqwert" 
<jsmithqwert at h...> wrote:
<snip> Hence, despite the 
> late Mrs. Black's misgivings, all of her possessions (Grimauld 
Place, 
> the Black Fortune, Kreature, etc. . .) passed to Sirius, her 
son.   
> Now that Sirius has left no descendents, The fortune sould pass, 
in 
> turn, to his siblings or his mother's siblings.  Sirius has no 
extent 
> siblings, so we turn to his mother's siblings. Note that when Mr. 
> Black died, his possessions passed to Mrs. Black and his family, 
> therefore, should receive none of the Black estate.  

Bookworm:
Why not?  They are as much Sirius' relatives as those on his 
mother's side.

The HP Lexicon 
> (a wonderful resource, www.hp-lexicon.org)  shows that cannon 
> indicates only one sibling of Mrs. Black, Molly Weasley, who is, 
> therefore, the closest living relative. 

Bookworm:
Actually, the tree doesn't mention Molly Weasley.  If she were 
directly related to Mrs. Black she would be a "cousin" not a "cousin 
by marriage".  See: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/black-family-
tree.html  (My mother's sister's husband's brother's kids – did you 
follow that line?? – are my cousins by marriage, i.e., no blood 
relation.)  Sirius' closest relations are Andromeda, Narcissa, and 
Bellatrix, assuming they are actually first cousins.  The term 
cousin can refer to any degree of relationship.

Ravenclaw Bookworm