The House of Black - family tree musings

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 148663

Elisabet wrote:
>snipping of nice summary 
> 5. Inheritance may be restricted to males, and if there are no male
> Blacks left, the male decendant of the last owner might just be the
> one to get the prize. 
> 
> Draco's name is listed on the Tapestry, by the way, while Sirius is
> still alive. Even if Sirius did really own the Black estate, upon 
his
> death it may be that Draco was the only male eleigible to inherit...

Potioncat:
Oh, isnt' that family tree a wonderful box of candy! Lots of fun to 
look at wonder over. Thanks to JKR for making it and thanks to the 
folk who copied, by hand or computer, the information, and then put 
it out for the fans.

I'd like to bring up a couple of points about it. First there are a 
number of errors that are either mistakes JKR made or mistakes the 
recorder made when copying the information. Several Blacks became 
parents in their very early teens if the dates are correct. 

Also, what JKR gave the public is a chart based on the tapestry, not 
the tapestry itself. Since it is the house of Black, none of the non-
Black branches would need to show up anyway. 1d, 2s are named on some 
other family tree. Strictly speaking, Draco wouldn't either need to 
show up either.

You could have a point when you ask if there is a "reason" he's there 
when he really wouldn't be, but I think he's there because he's a 
major character in the books. I think JKR quickly dealt with the 
inheritance to get it out of the way.

We've lots of familiar names, but not enough information to know how 
closely related those individuals are to the characters we know. I 
doubt that Potter and Longbottom are the ones we first thought of, 
but I'd bet the two sets of Marauder-era Blacks are cousins to Rosier.
> 
Elisabet:
> So, one last thought - seems like a lot of Blacks form various
> generations kicked the bucket 1990-1992. Wonder if there's a story
> there? Maybe just a round of Dragonpox.

Potioncat:
I noticed that too. Had it been the '80s I wouldn't have thought much 
of it. What was going on in 92? Dragonpox works for me.
> 
 
> Elisabet the insomniac
> 
> p.s. Sorry if any of this is hard to read - I had a much more 
coherent
> post, with quotes and citations and everything, that got eaten by
> Yahoomort yesterday. I'm sure it was Brilliant and I've forgotten 
all
> the best parts.  :-(   Now I'm composing in notepad and saving it.
> Live and learn.

Potioncat:
That's how it is with me. The better written the post, the more 
likely it will be eaten by Yahoo-mort...none of you have any idea of 
the gems of wisdom which have been lost. (not to mention my glasses, 
the car keys...)
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