OOP: Harry's FIRST COUSIN?? (other than Dudley)

[bowlwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 66127

"Susan Smith" <atroposgryffin at y...> wrote:
> >
> > What if we go one better than that and ask:  Could Harry and 
Draco 
> be 
> > first cousins?  After reading Black family tree in OoP, di you 
ever 
> > wonder why all Sirius family have names of stars and 
> constellations, > but Narcissa Malfoy (Narcissa means Daffodil) has 
> the first name of a > flower?  Could her maiden name be Evans?
> > 
> > After all Grandma and Grandpa Evans obviously named their 
beautiful 
> > daughters after flowers: Lily, Petunia and Hmmm-Narcissa?  Just a 
> > thought.
> 
> > Atropos Gryffin

"tigerpatronus" <tigerpatronus at y...> wrote:
 
> The Black Family Tree on hp-lexicon.org shows Narcissa, Bellatrix, 
> and Andromeda as full-blooded sisters. I loaned my copy of OotP to 
a 
> friend so (banging head against wall) I (bang) can't (bonk) check 
it 
> out (bam-bam-bam.) Could someone consult the OotP and see if it 
> *says* they were sisters, because this flower vs. astral names 
thing 
> is a definite possibility? I think Atropos G here has a good point. 
> 
now me (bowlwoman):

Yes, they are sisters.  I'll quote bits of the entire passage that 
shows the connection (US hardback, pages 113-114):

>>> "No, Andromeda's not on here either, look -- "

He pointed to another small round burn mark between two names, 
Bellatrix and Narcissa.

"Andromeda's sisters are still here because they made lovely, 
respectable pure-blood marriages, but Andromeda married a Muggle-
born, Ted Tonks, so --"

... A double line of gold embroidery linked Narcissa Black with 
Lucius Malfoy ...

... But Harry was now looking at the name to the left of Andromeda's 
burn:  Bellatrix Black, which was connected by a double line to 
Rodolphus Lestrange. <<<

By these quotes, I doubt it's possible that Narcissa isn't really a 
Black sister/cousin.  If the Black family burns names off for 
being "black sheep" (sorry, no pun intended), then I can't imagine 
that they would include a foster/adopted daughter.  They're too 
paranoid about the pure-blood thing, plus they're OBSESSED with the 
family line being pure.

bowlwoman