Sirius' motivation for breaking with his family

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No: HPFGUIDX 154138

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ericoppen" <oppen at ...> wrote:

> I think that we may have seen a clue to Sirius' motivation in our 
> first minutes in his family mauso--er, his family _mansion._  What 
> if Little Sirius had had a house elf that he really, really loved, 
> that was his favorite playmate---and one day he comes downstairs to 
> find out that Mama has had that elf's head cut off and mounted on a 
> plaque?  

Interesting theory, but I go for the simpler one. Sirius favourite
cousin was Tonks, or the other way round I forget. Anyways, they liked
each other a lot. Quite probably he liked his Uncle Ted and his aunt
Andromeda as well, despite his mother telling him how inferior they
were. These things give children an incentive to start thinking for
themselves rather early. The Black family strikes me as not the most
affectionate, whereas Tonks seems to come from a loving home. Sirius
quite probably saw the difference and decided which part of the family
he liked best and wanted to be associated with. 

Gerry