[the_old_crowd] Re: It's All Relative (was:By the way....

[Rebecca Bowen]

(combined a few posts on this thread here for response)

>Ewe said:
>So what's the betting this was a draft genealogy that Jo didn't have a 
>problem
>with publicizing?

Rebecca:

You're right, of course, and so is Talisman in an earlier reply. This will 
teach me to post later than my normal snooze time; I overlooked this:

(OoP) "Nevertheless, the golden thread with which it was embroidered still 
glinted brightly enough to show them a sprawling family tree dating back (as 
far as Harry could tell) to the Middle Ages"

Are the Middle Ages considered "ancient"? And do other pureblood families 
(like the Malfoys) "compete" in a sense to display their lineage? One could 
infer that purebloods we've seen seek to focus on Sally as their ancestor, 
but that might because we haven't really been exposed in depth to any other 
family's lineage yet.

>From: "Talisman" ....


>And one more thing...
>Where do you suppose the Prince family fits in?
>Could it be hidden under one of those blast marks (Lord knows
something is).

(snip)

>Talisman saying: You know he's somewhere in that tree. ;)

Rebecca:

I was afraid to put that in my last post ;)  Way back, I'd considered that 
perhaps Snape was more closely related to the Potters, rather than more 
directly to the Blacks.  A la the Snape memory:

"'Leave him alone,' Lily repeated. She was looking at James with every sign 
of great dislike. 'What's he done to you?"'Well,' said James, appearing to 
deliberate the point, 'it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I 
mean.'"

He *exits*...well, does this reference the Dark Arts Snape favors, or 
something else?  It's always confused me.
Rebecca