[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: The Inheritance?

[Melissa Worcester]

No: HPFGUIDX 65804

Bill wrote:

>If only males inherit, then the new owner is either Sirius's 
>paternal cousin Narcissa Malfoy's son Draco, or Sirius's maternal 
>cousin Molly Weasley's oldest son Bill. (the Black family tree is 
>found at http://www.hp-lexicon.org/black-family-tree.html)

>If the nearest relative, regardless of sex, inherits, then the new 
>owner is likely to be one of Sirius's four (known) cousins: 
>Bellatrix Lestrange, Narcissa Malfoy, Andromeda Tonks, or Molly 
>Weasley.  I do not know who is oldest, and therefore most likely to 
>inherit, but Molly's oldest child Bill is quite a bit older than 
>Nymphadora or Draco, so I suspect that she may inherit the Black 
>estate.

Or, could a god-child inherit it? Harry, I mean.

Since we know nothing about this, JKR can arrange it to suit her plot convenience. I shudder to think of Draco or Narcissa inheriting it...

Melissa

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