The House of Black - family tree musings

[gwen_of_the_oaks]

No: HPFGUIDX 148706


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> Potioncat:
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> 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.
> > 


Do you really think that Dorea and Charlus Potter are people other 
than Harry's grandparents, and that their one son is someone other 
than James?

We know of James' parents that they had James late in life, and he 
was an only child.  They died of natural wizarding causes somewhere 
between James turning 18 and Harry's birth.  The date of death for 
Dorea would fit, as would her issue being a single son.  I concede 
ahead of time that a child at age 39 does not seem *late in life* as 
far as wizards go, but its on the late side for muggles, anyway.

And if the one son is not James, then who is it?  Dorea (1920-1977)is 
the rough contemporary of Walburga (1925-1985), so her son would 
easily be the contemporary of Bellatrix/Lucius if not Sirius.  The 
point being, there would have been another male Potter running 
around, closely related to Sirius, and certainly related to James and 
Harry.  Harry supposedly has no other family, so why isn't this Uncle 
Potter mentioned by anyone?  What happened to him?

By putting a Potter on the tree, JKR either wants to show that the 
Potters were a pure-blood family worthy of the House of Black or she 
wants to show Harry's actual lineage.  If she only wanted to show the 
Potters were pure-bloods, why muck things up with a mystery son that 
is able timeline-wise to be James?   Why not just have a Potter marry 
a Black in the generation above, and die childless?  Or, have a 
female Potter marry into the Blacks, so that there is no potentially 
confusing second Potter family.

I think that part of the tree shows Harry's actual lineage. 

Gwen 
(Hoping she has not committed an "oh dear, maths" error somewhere in 
her reasoning)