Sirius, Severus and the Potters

[silvr23dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 100831

> 
> Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote:
> 
> 
> > Sirius explained to the Trio in GoF that Snape knew more 
curses 
> than any  other kid upon his arrival to Hogwarts.  Maybe Sirius 
knew 
> that from  childhood experiences with Snape.  If Snape was 
known to 
> be a nasty kid and Sirius, as a child, was already displaying 
the
> traits of a Gryffindor, I can imagine the tensions between the 
two 
> starting even earlier than Hogwarts.
> > snip

I was curious about this too.  Perhaps James knew Snape 
before Hogwarts.  As you said, we already know that the 
pureblood families are all interrelated.  Since harry is 
supposedly like Voldemort, half and half, then could we assume 
that James was a pure blood wizard?  And if we could, then 
wouldn't it be very possible for him to be related to Snape?  The 
Pensieve scene in the OotP reminded me with the way my 
brothers were a long time ago, at around the same age.  They 
hated each other.  They were always fighting and it was not 
because either had done anything particular.  It was just 
because they were there.  Now I am not saying that Snape and 
James were that closely related, but that somehow they knew 
each other in their youth.  And if their personailties were similar 
at earlier ages, then James would still have been more popular 
than Snape, and thus causing animosity between the two?