Bob Hitchens - husband of Iola Hitchens (née Black).With Sirius's death, the male line of the Black family died out, but the female line continued through the descendants of his cousins Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy, his second cousin, once removed, Arthur Weasley, as well as members of the Burke family, the Crouches, the Longbottoms and the Potter family who were related to the Blacks. Sirius Black being pushed into the Veil to his death by a curse of his cousin's, ending the male line of the House of Black However, even those who originally supported Voldemort's actions to purge the Muggles got cold feet when they saw what he was willing to do for power. Their hatred towards Muggles is such that some members who are not outright Death Eaters would go to lengths to persecute them, such as Araminta Meliflua trying to pass a Ministry Bill to make Muggle-hunting legal. Supportive of Voldemort at first, the family loyalists who did not become Death Eaters got cold feet when they saw the levels he would go to achieve his goals. Both were murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black), Sirius's cousin and Tonks's aunt, in battle. Walburga and Orion Black, two members of the family who were alive during the rise of the Death Eaters, were known for being cousins.Ī few members of the family, however, disagreed with the traditional views of their family Sirius Black, for example, joined the Order of the Phoenix, as did Andromeda Tonks, who married a Muggle-born, and Nymphadora Tonks, a distant member of the Black family. A few Blacks even became Death Eaters, while many others never took the Dark Mark but believed in the "purification" of the wizarding world nevertheless. Many members took this phrase very seriously, and were willing to even marry and have children with their own cousins to keep the bloodline pure.īellatrix Lestrange and other Black relatives are tried before the Council of Magical Lawīecause of their views, a large number of the Black family members practised the Dark Arts and supported Lord Voldemort during the First and Second Wizarding Wars. The family motto, which could be found on the family crest, was Toujours Pur, meaning "Always Pure" in French. The Blacks placed a great importance on blood purity, considering themselves akin to royalty in the wizarding world and disdaining Muggles, Squibs, blood traitors, and Muggle-borns. They claimed to have entirely magical ancestry, but as Sirius Black informed his godson Harry Potter, no true pure-blood families existed by the twentieth century, and the pure-blood families like the Blacks simply removed Muggles and Squibs from their family trees. The Black family traced its origin back to the Middle Ages. my parents, with their pure-blood mania, convinced that to be a Black made you practically royal." - Sirius Black to Harry Potter on his family's values The female line continued through members of the Malfoy, Potter and Weasley families, as well as through the individuals Teddy Lupin and Delphini, the latter of which was Bellatrix's illegitimate daughter with Lord Voldemort. īy the late twentieth century, the House of Black had become extinct in the male line with the deaths of Sirius and Regulus Black, neither of whom had children. The tapestry started in the Middle Ages and showed the dominant line of the family up to the death of its last members. The Black family tree was displayed in the drawing room of the family home at 12 Grimmauld Place in London, England on an intricate tapestry, as an ornate mural. The Blacks were traditionally sorted into Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Like the Malfoy and Lestrange families (both of whom are related to the Black family), the House of Black was synonymous with elevated status and wealth. Many wizarding families in Britain were distantly related to the House of Black. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black was one of the largest, oldest, and wealthiest pure-blooded wizarding families in Great Britain, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. " Toujours Pur." - The family motto, translating to "Always Pure"
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