Snape and Sirius related? Was: Re: Half blood prince etymology

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Alla:
 
Magda developed this theory in the post 110109. I thought for a long 
time that Snape and Sirius or Snape and James can be related. This 
sure sounds like a good one.
 
And remember when Sirius shows Harry the tapestry? Harry could have 
missed few names on there surely. I do think that all of this blood 
relatedness of many pureblood families will lead us to new  
interesting discoveries.
 
Maddy:
 
What I think is likely to be the most interesting part of the 
tapestry is what is *not* on there. I'm very skeptical that the 
Blacks were actually toujours pur. In one generation there were at 
least two (Sirius and Andromeda), so I can't help but think there 
are more burn marks on it.

I think there might be some canon evidence to support the idea that
Snape and Sirius are related. (At least, it could be)

(from Chapter 24, Occlumency, starting on page 457 from
Bloomsbury/Raincoast)
 --
'Sit down, Potter.'
'You know,' said Sirius loudly, leaning back on his rear chair legs
and speaking to the ceiling, 'I think I'd prefer it if you didn't 
give orders here, Snape. It's my house, you see.'
An ugly flush suffused Snape's pallid face.
 --
 
To me it doesn't seem to be enough that it's simply Sirius's house to
cause Snape to blush like that. What if Snape was Sirius's half
brother, and the elder one? (We now know that Snape's birthday is in
January) If he was the elder, illegitimate child, Sirius mentioning
that the house belongs to him could be a slap in the face to Snape if
he could have been the first born son and entitled to any Black
inheritence, such as the house.
 
Call me crazy, but I think this makes some sense. Any thoughts?
 


Alla:

It absolutely makes sense to me, Maddy. I think Charme recently 
quoted this quote too , so if it is suspicious to several people, 
something is up, right? :o)

You are right, it is quite possible that Tapestry does not mention 
some familiar names, but my feeling is that last name "Snape' is 
somewhere on it. I may be wrong, of course. I just got an impression 
from that conversation that Harry was paying attention to only 
names, which Sirius was talking about .

What else may hint to Snape and Sirius being related? (Not 
necessarily brothers, maybe even cousins) Well, they do have some 
similar character traits, don't they? :o) They look to some extend 
simiar too.

And Sirius infamous " He knew more curses when he came to school..." 
always gave me an impression that he knew Snape BEFORE they came to 
school.


Just my opinion,

Alla