FAMILY TREE AND MOLLY WEASLEY

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 65897

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<terryljames at h...> wrote:
IIRC, we never are told Molly's maiden name, or anything about her 
family.  We've already seen that several different characters do 
not talk about their families when they have different beliefs or 
have split away from them for whatever reasons...
Is it possible that Molly is a nickname for Morgana Lestrange? 
(Bill wrote):
Possibly.  We are told that Molly is a 'cousin by marriage' to 
Sirius Black.  What could that mean?  Either Molly is a cousin of 
Sirius's wife - but Sirius never married, so far as we know - or she 
is the sister of one of Sirius's cousin's husbands - of whom we know 
of three: Lucius Malfoy, Mr. Tonks and Rodolphus Lestrange.
So yes, Molly's maiden name could be Lestrange.

<MY REPLY>:  Sirius family tree indicates his paternal cousins to 
be:  Andromeda, Bellatrix (LeStrange family) and Narcissa (Malfoy 
family) and his maternal cousin to be Molly Weasley (this would 
be "by marriage"-right?).  So Molly is not a Lestrange (IMHO)  See 
Lexicon HP site, Sirius family tree

Susan