CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS - Chapter 6 - The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black

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Claire wrote:
> 11) If pure bloods are so limited that they have to intermarry,
and
> Molly and Arthur are related to the Blacks, shouldn't some Weasley
> ancestor be on the family tree? Surely they couldn't all be "blood
> traitors".

Marianne replied:
>>I think the tapestry leaves us with a lot of questions. If one
assumes that Slytherin is made up of mostly pure-bloods, then
shouldn't Snape's name have also been on the tapestry? You'd think
that name would have caught Harry's eye, as would the names Weasley
or Potter...Either we'll discover at a later time that these names
really are here and Harry just didn't notice, or this is one of the
many details we obsess over that is of no importance to JKR.<<

HunterGreen:
Its exteremly curious that both Snape and Potter not in the tapestry. 
I can almost understand the Snape thing (for some reason I have this 
thought that his family is from a different WW 'circle', like out of 
country or something--that could even been the cause of some of his 
social problems), but its odd that the Potters aren't on there. 
 I can't see Sirius either not mentioning it or never noticing (he 
probably looking *specifically* for a Potter relative at some point 
as a teenager, I know I would if there was a chance I was [albeit 
distantly] related to my best friend). If there was one I don't see 
why he wouldn't make a point of mentioning it to Harry....unless 
there's some reason for him NOT to. 


-HunterGreen.