DRACO'S GODFATHER (CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE)

[kamion53]

No: HPFGUIDX 185425

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "seanmulligan2000" 
<jeopardy18 at ...> wrote:
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> > Sean:
>=====> > Marianne:
> > Again. Huh?  Snape had a godson?  Are you talking about
> > Draco?
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> Sean:
> I'm pretty sure that Snape is Draco's godfather. Sorry, I
> meant the ring.
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> Sean Mulligan

kamion's answer:

Actually I am pretty sure that Snape is NOT the godfather of Draco 
Malfoy, it is a fanfic's wish to counterbalance the godfatherhood of 
Sirius/Harry, but JKR doesn't seem to have that need to include 
counterbalances. She never mentioned it and there are no indications 
there is that kind of relation between Draco and Snape.(as much as I 
would like it).
It's only in Harry's eyes, that Snape seems to like Draco and would 
Snape be Draco's godfather Narcissa would have mentioned it and used 
it 
as an extra pressure in "Spinner's End" to convince Snape to help and 
save Draco.

Why should Snape be a godfather of the scion of one of the Famous 
Families, he himself is far being a member of a Famous Family, he is 
actually a halfblood with a lowerclass Muggle as a father, the status 
of the Prince family is unknown.
Would Lucius and Narcissa go looking for a godfather for their only 
son, they probably would look among the Famous Families; the wizard 
families that are high up in the Wizard Society. Being Slytherin is 
all 
about cementing relations.
Now who those respected and ancient families are is pretty vague, one 
would assume they are among the Death Eaters, but that need not to be.
The Blacks, at the time Walburga ruled the roost, are the exemple, 
that 
being of wizard "nobitity" does not automatic means being a Death 
Eater. On the other hand the Lastranges are noted by Griphook as one 
of 
the oldest families and still pretty well off. But they were not 
respected enough to escape imprisement for the crimes against the 
Longbottoms. A family that had enough status, that claiming kinship 
could polish ones' own status is the Selwyn family. A Selwyn works at 
the Ministry ( and is also a Death Eater), so maybe famous but not 
rich 
enough to live off his galleons like Malfoy.
I can easliy imagine filty rich Lucius Malfoy buying status with a 
heavy bag of gold for getting a Selwyn accepting godfatherhood over 
Draco.