The House of Black - family tree musings

[gwen_of_the_oaks]

No: HPFGUIDX 148746


> > Gwen:
> > 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?
> 
>  
> Potioncat:
> 
> Yes.
 
> <snip>
> Those Potters are Sirius's great-aunt and great-uncle. Which would 
> make Sirius and James cousins. The whole conversation that Sirius 
and 
> Harry had about the tapestry is pointless if that's something 
Sirius 
> wouldn't mention. It'd be like finding out in book 7 that the troll 
> leg umbrella stand at the door of 12GP was still attached to the 
> troll.
> 

Gwen again:

I agree for *Mr. Potter* to really be *Great-Uncle Potter* is very 
frustrating.  But the fact remains that Sirius *did* have a Great-
Uncle Potter, who must have been Harry's Uncle or Great-Uncle, if not 
his Grandfather. 

And Sirius *did* have a cousin Potter.  Even if it wasn't James, what 
happened to him?  What happened to this branch of Harry's family?  
Did he, his parents, and Harry's Grandparents all die peacfully in 
their beds in 1977? Was he a budding Death Eater like so many of the 
Blacks - after all there was no photo of Harry's Uncle with the 
original order members?  Someone knew him - but no one mentions him 
to the boy whose hearts deepest desire is to know his family?  


I think its like finding the troll attached even if they are not 
James and his parents.  So for me, its easier to excuse Sirius for 
not mentioning a family tie (which may be a more distant tie in JKR's 
mind than in ours) than to excuse all the adult characters for 
keeping secret a mysterious line of Potters that either still exist 
somewhere or all died simultaneously the year before Harry was born. 



Potioncat again: 
> It's beginning to look more and more like the Black family had a 
> major time-turner accident.
>
Hee-hee - I couldn't agree more.

Gwen