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The Black family tree establishes Cedrella as a first cousin once removed of both Orion and Walburga Black, Sirius's parents. Thus, any children she had would be their second cousins, and second cousins once removed of their sons Sirius and Regulus.
Sirius sees Araminta Melliflua on the tapestry, but she is not listed in the one Jo drew. Probably the most unusual fact found on chart is that Cygnus Black was only 13 years old when his oldest daughter, Bellatrix, was born (and only 15 when Andromeda was born and 17 when Narcissa was born).
Sirius is the son of Orion and Walburga Black, great-grandchildren of Phineas Nigellus Black (and themselves second cousins). Ashamed of his Dark-leaning relatives, Sirius had a complicated relationship with his family and ran away from home at 16.
Walburga Black, Sirius's mother, on the family tree. Sirius later claimed to have "hated the whole lot of them," referring to his family, aside from his cousin Andromeda, who also rejected the notion of blood purity and married a Muggle-born wizard named Ted Tonks.
Let's look at one of the oldest pureblood families in Harry Potter that counts Sirius, Bellatrix, and Narcissa as one of its own: the House of Black.
According to Sirius, one could be disowned for disagreeing with the belief in pure-blood supremacy, being “blood traitors,” or marrying a Muggle, Muggle-born or a half-blood wizard. On Rowling’s Black Family Tree, disowned members are indicated with a numbered scratchy black circle.
Sirius Black's family is so extensive that he's related to several beloved Harry Potter characters on both sides of the Wizarding Wars. Did you know that Ron Weasley and Bellatrix Lestrange are third cousins?
Sirius had a younger brother, Regulus Arcturus Black, who was born in 1961. He also had three older cousins: Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black), Andromeda Tonks (née Black), and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black). Bellatrix and Narcissa shared their family’s views on blood purity and became loyal followers of Lord Voldemort.
Orion and Walburga had three more children, Regulus Black IV, Altair Black, and Aquila Black. Sirius would later be murdered by his cousin Bellatrix in the Second Wizarding War. Orion and Walburga died in 1991 and 1994 respectively.
Sirius Black and Bellatrix Lestrange were two sides of the same coin, two stars in the same constellation, two branches of the same tree. They were both products of their family history, but they also made their own history.