[HPforGrownups] Phineas Nigellus

[Hans Andréa]

No: HPFGUIDX 106337

--- eeyore5497 <eeyore5497 at yahoo.com> wrote: 

Phineas Nigellus which is
Sirius' Great Great Grandfather, first of all has a different last
name (not Black, how can that be?) 

Hans' quick answer:

1. Everybody has 8 great great grandfathers, only one of whom bears the same
surname as you yourself.

2. I've always assumed Nigellus is a middle name. Some people are known by
their first 2 names. A special distinction I guess. Snobbery. Or maybe every
first son (in those days) was called Phineas, with the second name being
used to distinguish, a la Johan Sebastian Bach & Johan Christian Bach
(father and son).

Hans


	
	
		
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