Black Family Tree and Bloodline

[kkersey_austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 150887

Ruthlessly snipping Potioncat, who for the record I think is most
likely correct:
> We have the Black Family Tree that JKR donated to a charity....
> 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.

Elisabet:
Or - and this is a long shot, I admit - it could be that the Tapestry
showed Draco because he is had become the heir of the House of Black.
This assumes that his being male trumps Bellatrix's age etc.
Dumbledore only speculates that Bellatrix would have been next in
line, admitting he doesn't know for sure what the rules are. More on
that in this thread, and a snip from my original post there:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/148659
> Dumbledore feared that there may be a condition that the heir must
> be a Black - but what if another condition is that the heir must be
> male? If so, the house passes fairly straightforwardly from Arcturus
> to Cygnus, and upon Cygnus's death, to his only male descendant - 
> Draco Malfoy. And that just might be the reason that Draco's name
> appears.

Potioncat:
> 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.

Elisabet:
Yes, I too agree that we can't regard the Black Family Tree as canon,
especially with regard to many of the dates. Yet I do think there
*may* be a reason Draco's name appears that isn't strictly meta.
Draco's name does cannonically appear on the Tapestry in OotP, while
Sirius is still alive.