Godparents and Half-Brothers

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 110291

Stella wrote :
> there is nothing in 
> canon to suggest any resemblance between Snape and Sirius other than 
> the dark coloring.  In real genetics, facial structures of even half-
> siblings have similarities. I see nothing in  the ever-so-good-
> looking Sirius that suggests he would be the brother of the ever-not-
> so-good-looking Snape!  Even if he was lucky enough t get his 
> mother's nose, Sirius would still, surely bear SOME resemblance to 
> his brother?

Del replies :
I don't have any opinion yet concerning the "Snape and Sirius are
half-brothers", but I do have 2 things to say :

1. Half- and even full-siblings don't necessarily look like each other
at all. My half-sister and I look completely dissimilar. Even more
interesting, we each look like a different sister of our mother's :
they are fully sisters, and yet they look very different.

2. We're not sure whether the narrator is being impartial when
describing Snape and Sirius, or whether he's telling us how *Harry*
sees them. Harry hates Snape and after the end of PoA he loves Sirius
: he would never willingly acknowledge any similiarities between the
two. But interestingly enough, the descriptions of Sirius we get at
the beginning of PoA, when Harry does *not* like Sirius yet, are quite
reminiscent of his descriptions of Snape.

Del