Well, Sirius was the last inheritor of the direct line; then it went to the next eldest in the family, which happened to be Bellatrix. And maybe Mrs. Black thought burning him off the tree meant he couldn't inherit any more, but it didn't. She was crazy enough.
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Date: 2006-05-11 08:50 pm (UTC)