Andromeda's love story

[Olivier Fouquet]

On the subject of chronology (and though I usually take an agnostic  
position on factual statement in HP, JKR contradicts herself? Very  
well then she contradicts herself, she is large, she contains  
multitudes), I think the story of Andromeda's early leaving from her  
family and immediate love story with this muggle-born is a very nice  
background. It plays perfectly well within the theme of the self- 
destructive Black family. Sirus ran away from home, "his favourite  
cousin" (Andomeda) thought he had the right idea and wedded Ted.  
Sirius went to live with James, Andromeda with her husband or maybe  
with her in-laws. Seems perfectly fitting with the personality of  
Tonks too, easy-going, impulsive, despises the name Nymphadora but  
still hopelessly romantic…

I found quite interesting, on the other hand, the general theme of  
motherhood in HP. Lily, Andromeda, Merope, Narcissa are canonically  
very young mothers. Mrs. Weasley seems to be, though this is not  
certain at all. Some general study of the importance of this could  
probably be done.

Olivier