The House of Black - family tree musings

[lyraofjordan]

No: HPFGUIDX 148710


> 
Gwen wrote:> 
> 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? 
{snippage) 
 > 
> 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?   > 
> I think that part of the tree shows Harry's actual lineage. 
> 
Lyra:

All your arguments make sense to me, Gwen, except for one thing. If 
Uncle Alphard got zapped off the family tree for giving money to the 
runaway Sirius, don't you think Walburga would have zapped Dorea and 
Charlus for taking in the same runaway Sirius and treating him like 
a second son?