Sirius Black, Sorting Hat

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 84428

Susan again:
> > But I don't believe the sorting hat necessarily puts family members 
> > all in the same house.  I believe it evaluates each *individual* in 
> > determining where to place him or her.  Yes, all the Weasleys ended 
> > up in Gryffindor, and probably most of the Blacks in Slytherin.  
> > But I still think the hat is "smart" enough to know when a member of 
> > a family comes along who's *different*....

Geoff:
> I seem to recall from canon (but can't put my finger on it at 00:42 
> hours GMT) that the Patil sisters are in different houses.......


Yes. Even though they're identical twins, Parvati is in Gryffindor but
Padma is in Ravenclaw, as we find out in GoF. Parvati has to ask Padma
if she'll go with Ron to the Yule Ball because Ron and Padma are
practically strangers. (That seems to back up the idea someone
expressed here recently that the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws have no
classes together. I wonder why not.)

Re the sorting hat being "smart," one of its songs (I think in PS/SS)
says "I've never yet been wrong," but I'm not so sure about the
(apparent) placement of Peter Pettigrew in Gryffindor.

Carol