Son of Snape?

[weeseon]

No: HPFGUIDX 154191

Heidi wrote:
> No, no. This is not another post about how Snape is really Harry's
> father
 My question is this:  Is Lucius really Draco's father? Could
> it be that Snape is actually the father of Draco Malfoy? <snip>

Seon:
I've been wondering about this ever since JKR said that Snape did not 
have a daughter and that he had been loved by someone. If Snape has a 
son and we've already met him then my money is also on Draco.

Heidi wrote: 
> Narcissa went to Snape directly when Draco's life was threatened.
> (HBP, Spinner's End) <snip>

Seon: but it's not just that Narcissa rushes to Snape that makes me 
suspicious, but the way she is with him. I don't have HBP to hand, 
but quote Carol:

Carol wrote (#152462) 
>Clearly Narcissa--proud, rich, beautiful, pureblood Narcissa--
>doesn't consider him repellant in HBP, shedding tears on his chest,
>putting her face close to hers, seizing her hand in both of his and
>kissing it. <snip>

Also, Snape and Draco are both skilled Occlumens
As Heidi points out, Snape favours Draco in his classes and Draco 
says Snape is his favourite teacher 

houyhnhnm:
>There's that and there's the rather obvious point I should have
>thought of earlier, that it would be very strange for Narcissa to
>appeal to Snape as "Draco's favorite teacher" if he's actually her
>babydaddy. <snip>

Seon: IIRC she said that when her sister was there, so, no, I don't 
find that odd at all - but I could be wrong - don't have the book to 
hand, sorry!

Heidi wrote:
> A lot of the storyline has re-emphasized over and over again that
> Draco is pure-blood.  Wouldn't it be ironic if he really wasn't? 

Seon: couldn't agree more - this is *very* JKR and I think this is 
the best evidence of all!

Heidi wrote:
> (We don't really know Draco's birthdate...<snip>

Seon:
The lexicon has it down as 5th June. Definitely 1980 (from Black 
family tree). Unfortunately the Black family tree doesn't give dates 
for marriages so we can't tell how big an interval there was between 
Narcissa and Lucuis' marriage and Draco's birth. It is of course 
possible that Snape just likes Narcissa (because she had a crush on 
him) and isn't Draco's father. A friend of mine suggests that Snape 
is Draco's godfather (setting up a nice symmetry with Harry & Sirius -
 also very JKR).
Seon