Phineas Nigellus

[Kirsten]

No: HPFGUIDX 106557

In response to:
>If Nigelus had only one child, and that child was his daughter, and
> she married into the Black family, then for future generations, the
> Black family line would be the only remaining existance of his own
> blood line. Therefore, he would certainly have some on-going
> allegiance to the bloodline. 
*SNIP*
> Steve/asian_lovr2


An equally plausible (and perhaps parsimonious) answer could be that 
the family name was originally the Latin 'Nigellus' and was 
Anglicized somewhere along the way to be 'Black', which is 
essentially a translation. That would lend credibility to the extreme 
longevity of the line. That was my assumption when I read it, but 
then I'm an American and used to people's family names being changed 
because of distortion, misspellings, and immigration services' 
racism. Maybe there was a time of great nationalism in the wizarding 
world.

-RowanGF