Black Family Tree and Bloodline

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No: HPFGUIDX 150883

Brady wrote;
Major Snippage
>
> Hi,
> 
> Don't know if anyone else noticed this. Harry sure didn't and neither 
> did I till now. 
> Brady.


Potioncat:
We have a tapestry that Harry saw at 12 GP, and that was described to 
the reader in scant detail.

We have the Black Family Tree that JKR donated to a charity and that 
appears at the HP Lexicon. At best, it would only be a portion of the 
tapestry.

My take, for what it's worth, is that the tree was a fun item JKR did 
to raise money. The familiar names confirm what Sirius told us: 
Pureblood families are all related. We don't know how 
Potter/Longbottom/Crouch/etc. are related to the characters with the 
same surnames from the books.

It's not certain if all the "burned off" names were done by Sirius's 
mother, or is she merely continues the tradition when it comes under 
her reign. 

The dates on the Black Family Tree don't make sense...not with each 
other or with canon as we understand it.

Where there is a union with the Black name, the generations are 
continued. Where the union does not have a Black surname (wife is a 
Black, husband is not) the generation stops at 1s, 1d, etc. The 
exception is for the Black sisters where we see Draco's name. I think 
JKR did that to show us Draco. Or to show us the current characters in 
the books.

It's fun to look at. There may be gems hidden within it. We'll find out 
when HBP Part Two comes out. Just my opinion.