Who isn't in the black Family Tree

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 148642

Luigina Ciolfiwrote:
>
> Just some thoughts looking a the fuller version of the Black 
Family Tree...
> ..It is interesting that the tree seem to include mentions to most 
of the pure-blood families introduced in the books...from the 
Weasleys, to the Potters, Longbottoms, MacMillans, Crouches, and so 
on...This is not really a surprise, because, as we know from OotP, 
the pure-blood families are more or less all interrelated.
> I find interesting that the tree is not featuring quite an 
important surname in the wizarding world..."Dumbledore". JKR herself 
said that asking questions about Dumbledore's family would be 
a "profitable line of inquiry"...If we consider that Dumbledore is 
about 150 years old at the time of the events in the books, the tree 
goes back to more or less the time of his birth...I wonder if he and 
Aberforth are the last of the family...if the family was half-blood, 
pure-blood or even Muggle? There are no suggestions about 
Aberforth's magical abilities, besides that he lives in Hogsmeade 
(an all-wizard village).
> The Dumbledore family seems to hold some crucial bit of 
information, and I don't thin it has to do with the "Gryffindor 
Heir" theory, but with something else, perhaps related to 
choices/events around the matters of blood purity.
> Any ideas?
 
 
 lui

Deb here:
  Well, DD was born circa 1840 (according to the HP Lexicon) which 
makes him older than the Black family members that appear on the top 
line of The Black Family Tree - Sirius 1845-1852, Phineas Nigellus 
1845-1926, and Elladora 1850-1931. While I suppose he could be some 
distant cousin of the Blacks, some how I doubt that. My hunch (and 
it is only a hunch as I have no canon to actually substantiate it) 
is that he is a direct descendent of Godric Griffendor. And if James 
Potter also was a Griffendor descendent ... DD *might* be a very 
distant relative of Harry's. 

  As for brother Aberforth... well he did get arrested for 
practicing "inappropriate charms on a goat" (GOF) and he is a member 
of the OOP (in OOP Moody shows Harry pictures of the original OOP 
with Aberforth among the members)

And this also from the Lexicon:
"What is his role for the Order? As the barkeep at the Hog's Head in 
Hogsmeade (EBF), Aberforth is a morally ambiguous character. He 
hobnobs with the dodgy clientele and may indulge in illegal 
activities himself. Aberforth was with Mundungus just before Harry 
caught Dung with stolen Black family heirlooms (specifically a 
silver goblet) outside the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade in October 
1996 [Y16] (HBP12). Aberforth shambled off when Harry and his 
friends walked up. Is Aberforth an undercover operative, or mostly 
working for himself? Can he be trusted, or not? 

Independent or illiterate? Albus Dumbledore once used Aberforth as 
an example of someone who ignored public ridicule. Apparently, 
Aberforth had been prosecuted for practicing "inappropriate charms 
on a goat," (GF24) but hadn't let subsequent comments in the Daily 
Prophet faze him. However, Albus then said that he wasn't entirely 
sure that Aberforth could read, so it might not have been bravery at 
all." 

 Deb (aka djklaugh) who has alway wondered why Hermione never did a 
genealogy search for Harry. I would think such an endeavor would be 
right up her alley...