The Mauraders' Generation

[queen_astrofiammante]

No: HPFGUIDX 123741



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

> In CS it describes Albus when he was a younger man and he has auburn
hair. The Weasley's have red hair, and I think Lily had auburn hair
too. Maybe there is some link there.

AstroF says:
Hello Tonks, and thanks for your reply. You've hit the nail on the
head - the auburn hair is my exactly my reason for thinking this (I
didn't want to make this post even longer by spelling it all out).
Have you noticed that we never get an unambigous physical description
of Molly Weasley? I would put money on her having auburn hair too -
Lily and Dumbledore are the only other people ever described with it,
all the others are 'vivid red' or 'Weasley red'. Like Steve Vander Ark
on The Lexicon, I think the Weasley red hair is a massive distraction
from the *important* redheads in this story (forgive me, Weasleyfans!
;- ))

Tonks said:
> But we know that Harry has no other relatives or at least none on 
> his mothers side which is where the blood protect resides.

AF says: 
Yes, I agree. This is a seemingly insurmountable obstacle. But we also
know very well that what we know is not the full story, and that there
is something about Petunia's background yet to be explained which will
reveal how she has more knowledge than is usual among Muggles about
the wizarding world. 

So much space have been devoted on this board to working out how the
Evans family could be both muggle and wizarding - not least to try to
justify Mark Evans - and everyone has their own theories. Which leads
me neatly on to...

Tonks said:
> Also since all the old wizarding families are inter-related I have 
> wondered about the Potters, Blacks and Snape families. Wouldn't it 
> be a kicker if Snape turned out to be Harry's uncle or something?

AF says: 
I am afraid that I am a great believer in Perseus Evans, so all my
attempts to solve the problem above have focused on trying to relate
Muggle-born Lily and at-least-halfblood Snape. I have to own up and
say I have never managed to find a completely convincing way of doing
it. It makes no sense to me for Harry to be anything other than a
halfblood - otherwise all sorts of things like the balance of the
Trio, and the books' big themes, go out of the window

I did read a great theory somewhere that suggested Snape as an
illegitimate Black that had enjoyed none of the
advantages/wealth/prestige that Sirius had - thus the hatred,
resentment and a degree of physical resemblance between them. 

I feel very convinced by the idea of a blood relationship between
James and Sirius. On the plus side, references in the books to them
being 'like brothers', a degree of physical resemblance again (how
many characters seem to have black hair...), Sirius being made Harry's
godfather and Mr and Mrs Potter Sr's willingness to take Sirius in
when he left home. Also the fact it would be reasonably easy to graft
a line onto the Black family tree - perhaps an aunt of Sirius' married
a Mr Potter and those two are James' parents?

On the minus side, Harry has seen at least a version of the Black
family tree - would his eye not have been drawn to the word 'Potter'?
And we are told again and again that Petunia is his only living
relative.

My mind keeps coming back to that confrontation in OotP between Sirius
and Molly Weasley, when they are arguing about who cares most about
Harry. The subtext to me is that these are two people who are his
blood relatives - on the Potter and Evans sides respectively. I
realise that doesn't fit with what we know - that
Harry has no blood relatives. But in a world where people are so
closely interrelated, how can that actually be true? As usual, we have
part of the story, but not the whole story, and we can't really guess
what the whole story is on the information we currently have.

I'll sign off with one last wild theory - It wouldn't surprise me at
all to find the anonymous witch that gave birth to Tom Riddle
represented on the Black family tree somewhere, as well.