James & Snape: Related? - or Snape & Sirius?

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No: HPFGUIDX 110163

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> There are many references in OOTP to 12GP being Sirius' mother's
> house - and one very pointed one from Snape. It might be simply that
> Mr. Black died first so that it was her house alone after that. But
> perhaps the house (and the money) belonged to Mrs. Black's family and
> all Mr. Black brought to the marriage was his pureblooded heritage. 


But that would make it a bit odd to be the "Noble and Most Ancient
House of Black" if it had only been the *Black* home for one
generation, wouldn't it?  However, while there is very little
description of Mrs. Black, the *is* this: "...the yellowing skin of
her face..."  (at the end of OotP Ch.4).  Now maybe it's just that
she's old or something, but I am quite certain that we have heard
Snape described as having yellowish skin (on the other hand, I don't
remember who *else* we may have seen described as having yellowish
skin...maybe it's more common in Jo's writting than I am thinking...)

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