The Black estate (Was: Draco, no longer Harry's antagonist? -Money is the Ke

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121706



Antosha wrote:
>  One thing to remember about Sirius's death is that two of the
witnesses to his fall through the Veil were not only Order members,
but also Aurors: Kingsley Shacklebolt and Tonks. 
> (Was she conscious at the time?) Can't get better witnesses than
cops.  <snip>

Carol responds:
No, Tonks was unconscious. And Kingsley may be unwilling to blow his
cover. Remember, he was pretending to be loyal to Fudge and Umbridge
when Dumbledore was removed as headmaster.

Antosha:
> Do we know if Andromeda or Bellatrix was the eldest of the Black
girls? Because if Sirius died intestate (without a will), Tonks could
end up the heiress. Just because she's not on the tapestry doesn't
mean she can't inherit--was Sirius there?

Carol:
Not sure what you maen by "was Sirius there?" His name, like
Andromeda's was burned off the tapestry. But Andromeda appears to be
the middle daughter as her name was between Narcissa's and Bellatrix's.

Also, we know that Bellatrix is only about three years older than
Sirius (she  apparently left school at the end of his fourth year, her
seventh), so if Andromeda is younger than Bellatrix, she wouldn't have
had time to leave school, get married, and produce a child the age of
Tonks, now apparently in her early twenties. I'm guessing that
Narcissa is the oldest, the same age as Lucius Malfoy (five years
older than Sirius), which would make Andromeda, the middle daughter,
four years older than Sirius, who was about 21 when Harry was born. So
that would give Andromeda just enough time to have a child who is six
(or seven, if we push it) years older than Harry. And if Narcissa
rather than the childless Bellatrix is the eldest, Draco rather than
Tonks would end up as the heir (after his aunt and mother). And if
there's an entailment on the estate that skips to the first male heir,
he'll inherit it, anyway, regardless of the oreder of the daughters'
birth.

Of course, if Sirius's will name his godson as heir, we'll have the
court battle Steve is anticipating--*if* Sirius can be proven dead,
which I still think is doubtful. Notice that there's been no public
announcement of his death (AFAWK, he's still a wanted fugitive) and no
memorial service (that we know of).

Carol, who thinks that his death and his innocence will (somehow) be
established at the same time after Fudge has left office and the
aurors can safely reveal themselves to the Wizengamot as Order members