Order of Siblings (was: The ancient and most noble house of Black)

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No: HPFGUIDX 147215


> 
> If anyone missed it, it's on Leakycauldron. And since that's slower
than 
> molasses at the moment, I've taken the liberty to uploading the pic
on my 
> own server. The biggest and best is here: 
> http://trekkiegrrrl.dk/closeupblackfamtree.jpg
> 
> ~Trekkie
>

Thanks Trekkie!

Here`s what bothering me:
 
Phineas is Elladora's older brother (he was born in 1847 and she in
1850) and he's on her left – well and good. Callidora is older than
her sister Charis (1915 vs. 1919) and she's on her left – well and
good. But what about Belvina? She's on the left of her brother
Arcturus, but is she older than him? Her birth date isn't very clear
in the picture, but it looks to me like 1886, which would make her
*younger* than Arcturus (1884). 

The reason I'm asking is that: About two years ago I hypothesized that
the three Black cousins were born in the order Bellatrix, Andromeda,
Narcissa, because according to the description of the tree in OotP
they appear from left to right in that order. In HBP it was indeed
verified that Bella is the eldest. If we established now that JKR
adheres to the common rule of listing siblings from left to right
according to their age it would be practically established that
Andromeda is indeed the second sister and Narcissa the youngest.
However, Belvina's birth date foils this nice consistency a bit. Can
anybody please convince me it's not 1886?  I offer a free bag of ACID
POPS as a prize.

Neri