I think you are misunderstanding how inheritance works. Sirius was the eldest son of the House of Black, and therefore the heir. Second in line was Regulus, who died before Sirius and therefore can't inherit. After them come Sirius' aunts and uncles, but they are all dead as well, so Bellatrix, as the eldest child of Sirius' uncle Cygnus, is next in line. (We don't know if inheritance in the wizarding world is patrilineal or not, but since Bellatrix has no brothers it doesn't matter.) As Bellatrix has no children, Andromeda is next in line after her, followed by her daughter, Tonks (Unless Tonks was preventing from inheriting because she is half-blood). Assuming Tonks has no siblings, if she dies without having children, Narcissa is next in line, followed by Draco.
However, Sirius was able to circumvent the rules of inheritance by writing a will, making Harry his heir. This is clearly not the normal way of doing things, hence Dumbledore being slightly surprised that Harry has inherited 12 GP. (He says 'it seems that Sirius knew what he was doing after all.') Sirius had to interfere with the order of inheritance to make Harry his heir, presumably magically. This is probably difficult, but then Sirius was exceptionally talented, so he could pull it off.
Clearly blasting Sirius off the tree wasn't enough to disinherit him, which makes sense as the tapestry is merely a record of who is in the family, and Sirius doesn't cease to exist just because his name is removed, any more than a Muggle child stops existing if a parent burns their birth cetificate or takes their photos out of the family album. (Walburga may also have been prevented from disinheriting Sirius as both of his grandfathers were alive at the time of her death.)
Whew, that was lengthy. Hope it all makes sense! :D
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Date: 2006-05-12 11:10 am (UTC)I think you are misunderstanding how inheritance works. Sirius was the eldest son of the House of Black, and therefore the heir. Second in line was Regulus, who died before Sirius and therefore can't inherit. After them come Sirius' aunts and uncles, but they are all dead as well, so Bellatrix, as the eldest child of Sirius' uncle Cygnus, is next in line. (We don't know if inheritance in the wizarding world is patrilineal or not, but since Bellatrix has no brothers it doesn't matter.) As Bellatrix has no children, Andromeda is next in line after her, followed by her daughter, Tonks (Unless Tonks was preventing from inheriting because she is half-blood). Assuming Tonks has no siblings, if she dies without having children, Narcissa is next in line, followed by Draco.
However, Sirius was able to circumvent the rules of inheritance by writing a will, making Harry his heir. This is clearly not the normal way of doing things, hence Dumbledore being slightly surprised that Harry has inherited 12 GP. (He says 'it seems that Sirius knew what he was doing after all.') Sirius had to interfere with the order of inheritance to make Harry his heir, presumably magically. This is probably difficult, but then Sirius was exceptionally talented, so he could pull it off.
Clearly blasting Sirius off the tree wasn't enough to disinherit him, which makes sense as the tapestry is merely a record of who is in the family, and Sirius doesn't cease to exist just because his name is removed, any more than a Muggle child stops existing if a parent burns their birth cetificate or takes their photos out of the family album. (Walburga may also have been prevented from disinheriting Sirius as both of his grandfathers were alive at the time of her death.)
Whew, that was lengthy. Hope it all makes sense! :D