James & Snape: Related?

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 110072

Charme:

Maybe what I'm about to say is "out there" but I think it might be worth
considering? A lot of folks have focused on who the "Half Blood" prince is,
and I think I might have a different context for that definition.  I'm
specifically focused on James' comment to Lily in the Pensieve scene in OoP
where Harry observes his father reply to Lily's inquiry why he curses Snape
so, and he replies it's the fact "he *exists*, if you know what I mean."
I've always found the context and way that sentence is written intriguing,
and came across a definition that might explain why James disliked Snape so
much (and vice versa.)  I'm wondering if it's possible the Half Blood Prince
could really be Snape.  (Don't shoot me people, stranger things have
happened in these books.)  Here's the definition "Half Blood" can have from
the Merriam-Webster Law Dictionary:

Main Entry: half blood
Function: noun
1 : the relation between persons having only one parent in common
2 : a person so related to another

I have always found the James/Snape relationship to remind me of Sirius'
mindset when in OoP he's explaining the Black ancestry tapestry and he is
defensive that he's not proud to be related to the infamous DE's in his
family. I'm sure we've all known people who are related in some fashion who
have dysfunctional relationships like James and Snape, so I don't think it's
outside the realm of possibility.

Perhaps there's some other character who could also fall under this context
of half-blood.....

charme