Lucius - Full blood (was The [Real] Importance of being Draco Malfoy)

[cunning_spirit]

No: HPFGUIDX 114375

> Dharma replies:
> 
> There is nothing conclusive about this argument one way or another.
 
> There is no irrefutable proof that any of the Malfoys is a pure 
> blood, other than what the characters say.  Again that leaves all 3 
> of the Malfoys' claims as up in the air as anyone else's.  What proof 
> do we have beyond Lucius Malfoy's word that there are no half bloods, 
> Muggles or Muggleborns in the Malfoy line?  The only Malfoys we know 
> are Lucius, Draco and Narcissa.  Unless you can prove that everyone 
> is correct in his or her understanding his or her heritage, it makes 
> little difference to determining if Draco could be the HBP.  Lucius 
> could be lying about or under a false impression of his family's 
> history.  Canon shows us that the characters can sincerely believe 
> what they are saying and be wrong, or just not tell the truth.  Any 
> argument about Draco's resemblance to Lucius is just not definitive.  
> It does not further the case one way or the other.  Draco has 2 
> parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents and so on
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cunning spirit ponders:

The tapestry showing the geneaological connections of the House of Black is an ancient object that was charmed in one manner or another to update the information it shows with regards to marriages and births within the family. 

Were these changes entered manually a la Sirius' demonstration of his mother's methods for deletion, or was the magic involved in additions somehow  automatic, sort of like the magical quill at Hogwarts that notes the births of all magical babies in the British Isles?  If the latter is true, then the tapestry might be the one source where the failings of human error and opinion would be minimal.  The tapestry seems to think that Lucius Malfoy is a pureblood, so possibly he may just be that.