. . .The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86076

Claire asked:

> > 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 answered: 
> 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.


Another point that no one has mentioned (to my knowledge) is that the
chart traces the paternal (Black) side of the family, not the maternal
side (even though Sirius's mother is the one who was most obsessed
with genealogy). The Snape connection (which I think must exist given
the intermarriages of purebloods) could be on her side. Sirius's
mother and Severus's father would make a formidable pair of cousins.

BTW, Snape Sr. was a Dark wizard if there ever was one, but he doesn't
seem to have been a Death Eater. Any speculations about what happened
to him?

Carol