Who is sirius black cousin

Well, anyway, you might be surprised to hear that Sirius was related to that little witch. They're not close relations, by any means. But the blood tie remains regardless. While we're talking about minor characters from Slytherin House, let's talk about Vincent Crabbe. He was one of two goons essentially assigned to hang out with Draco Malfoy, and that implies something about his blood status. And that means that he also is related to Sirius. Though once again, Sirius would probably prefer that this connection to the Crabbes didn't exist.

Draco Malfoy should probably be another obvious connection in this twisted family tree. After all, if Bellatrix is related to Sirius, then that logically means that Draco is as well. And yet that's a fact that we all often seem to overlook. Draco's mother is Narcissa Black, which makes Draco Sirius' second cousin. So once again we find this family tree getting just a bit more complex and twisted. Thankfully this is a connection that Harry failed to notice, at least to our knowledge.

Go ahead and add Marcus Flint to the list of Slytherin characters that Sirius is related to. You noticing a trend yet? Because you probably should. A lot of the families headed towards the Slytherin house cared about bloodlines, and there are only so many families to marry into, which has some consequences. Such as having Marcus Flint as a distant relative. Granted, in this case, the relation is quite distant, with Sirius' great-grandfather being the closest connection between the two. But still, not ideal.

The Crouchs are yet another family line that once became entangled with the Black family. It seems like basically every pureblooded family has married into or out of the Blacks at one point in time. And that means that Barty Crouch Jr.

Once again, the connection is not a close one, with their great-uncles being the only direct tie back towards one another. But it's still too close to comfort for many. While we're talking about people we hate to think about being related to Sirius, let's talk about Corban Yaxley. Yaxley is a Death Eater that fans saw again and again during Harry's fight against Voldemort's rise.

He later became the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, when Voldemort came into full power. And he's also related to Sirius, sadly. Once again, we imagine that this is a relation that Sirius chose to ignore. And who can blame him?

This is the same family brach that wound up becoming related to the Crouchs, Prewetts, and Longbottoms more on those in a moment. There are some good connections to be found, in this twisted family line that Sirius was forced to bear. For example, did you know that Sirius is actually related to Neville Longbottom? It may be hard to believe, but that is exactly the case.

Though we imagine the Blacks were not pleased with Neville's parents and their joining of the Order of the Phoenix.

Neville's great-grandmother was Calidora Black. After graduating from Hogwarts, Bellatrix became a Death Eater. She was fanatically loyal to Lord Voldemort and was among the most dangerous and sadistic of his followers.

All the Black sisters married pure-blood wizards, except for Andromeda who married Muggle-born Ted Tonks and was disowned by the family. After Voldemort's fall from power, Bellatrix, her husband Rodolphus Lestrange , her brother-in-law Rabastan Lestrange , and Barty Crouch Jnr captured and tortured the Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom , seeking information about Voldemort's whereabouts which eventually drove the two Aurors insane.

The four Death Eaters were caught and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Voldemort eventually returned to full strength in and Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan escaped from Azkaban in the mass break-out , along with seven other Death Eaters.

Bellatrix participated in several battles of the Second Wizarding War , making it a particular goal to murder any relatives who were members of the Order of the Phoenix.

She successfully murdered two, her cousin Sirius Black and niece Nymphadora Tonks. She also murdered the Malfoy family 's former house-elf, Dobby , who had become a firm ally of Harry Potter. During the final battle , Bellatrix was the last Death Eater standing. She was eventually killed in a duel by Molly Weasley after her attempted murder of Ginny Weasley. Before her death, Bellatrix secretly gave birth to an illegitimate daughter named Delphini , whom she conceived with her beloved master, Lord Voldemort.

Delphini was conceived sometime after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in and before Bellatrix's death at the Battle of Hogwarts in Bellatrix was born in to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier , who gave her a rich lifestyle and raised her to be proud of her pure-blood heritage. She was the elder sister of Andromeda and Narcissa Black. A young Bellatrix middle with her younger sisters, Narcissa and Andromeda. Along with the rest of her family who held pureblood supremacy beliefs, Bellatrix cut off contact with Andromeda when she married Muggle-born wizard Ted Tonks , causing her to be disowned from the House of Black.

Neither she or Narcissa had " set eyes on Andromeda since she married the Mudblood Tonks ". Bellatrix eventually married Rodolphus Lestrange, a fellow wealthy pure-blood and Slytherin, marrying out of obligation of fulfilling her family's pro pure-blood mentality and tradition, Unlike her sisters, she never displayed any affection for her husband whatsoever, never even mentioning him in conversations nor bearing him any children.

At some point, she received training in the Dark Arts from Voldemort himself. However, he never returned her feelings as he was incapable of understanding love and disliked the idea of being emotionally attached to anyone. The pair remained loyal to the Dark Lord throughout the war, even after he was "defeated" by the infant Harry Potter. Bellatrix is tried before the Council of Magical Law , along with her husband, her brother-in-law, and Barty Crouch Jnr.

After the Dark Lord's fall on 31 October , , Bellatrix and a group of Voldemort's followers, including Rodolphus, her brother-in-law Rabastan , and Barty Crouch Jnr , managed to avoid capture or execution by Aurors.

Seeking to find and revive their master, the group kidnapped Aurors and Order of the Phoenix members Alice and Frank Longbottom , just new parents to Neville Longbottom. She and her partners used the Cruciatus Curse to torture the couple for information on Voldemort's whereabouts, until the two captives were driven into insanity when they refused to divulge anything.

This happened when Neville was only a baby. Frank and Alice were placed in the Janus Thickey Ward for irrevocable spell damage at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and, due to them undergoing extreme torture, were rendered unaware that they had a son together. Bellatrix while imprisoned in Azkaban. This crime caused a wave of fury upon the wizard community of such ferocity that the Ministry of Magic were critically pressured to find the culprits.

When the four were captured, they were tried before the Council of Magical Law and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Unlike many other Death Eaters , Bellatrix didn't lie about her loyalty — she proudly claimed that she was loyal to Voldemort and that she would wait for his return. Marked as Prisoner 93, Bellatrix was sentenced to life in Azkaban with no chance of release. For her actions, she later described herself as the Dark Lord's most loyal follower and even Lord Voldemort, whom she admired the most, gained a considerable amount of respect for her.

Her fifteen years in a maximum security cell took a toll on her mentally, as it did with so many, as well as hollowing out her appearance until only the faintest traces of her familial beauty remained. Harry Potter later witnessed Bellatrix's trial in in a memory of Professor Dumbledore's. When Voldemort returned to power in June , he said that Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange were faithful members of his inner circle and should be rewarded, as they didn't denounce him after they were captured and tried.

In January , a mass breakout from Azkaban set ten long-imprisoned Death Eaters loose. Bellatrix was one of the ten who escaped in the mass breakout and rejoined Voldemort, as well as the Dementors whom Albus Dumbledore correctly predicted would side with Voldemort. The Daily Prophet probably with encouragement from the Ministry of Magic reported that the escaped criminal Sirius Black must be responsible for the incident. These ten were considered to be some of the most dangerous and highly guarded convicts due to their crimes being brutal and legendary.

As a result, Bellatrix and her allies became wanted witches and wizards, living in hiding to avoid being captured by the Ministry. Neville Longbottom threatening Bellatrix in the Hall of Prophecy. She was enraged when Harry spoke Voldemort's given name and mentioned his true status as a half-blood. This enraged her so much that she actually tried to stun him before Lucius deflected her spell with a Shield Charm , not wanting to inadvertently harm the prophecy they were sent to retrieve.

She was very condescending when dealing with the six D. Bellatrix tried unsuccessfully to retrieve the prophecy from Harry Potter via a Summoning Charm , as her efforts were stopped by Harry's quick use of his own Shield Charm. However, she was willing to do whatever it took to get the prophecy from Harry, including gleefully and sadistically threatening to torture fourteen year old Ginny Weasley with the Cruciatus Curse while he was forced to watch.

When the Order of the Phoenix members arrived, Bellatrix duelled and defeated her niece, Nymphadora Tonks. She then began fighting her cousin Sirius Black who proceeded to taunt her during the course of their duel but she then struck him with a spell that sent him through the veil in the Death Chamber, killing him. After Sirius's death, Bellatrix defeated Kingsley Shacklebolt before deciding to flee. Driven into a rage at the loss of his godfather, Harry pursued her all the way to the Atrium in an attempt to avenge him.

After hideously mocking his relationship with Sirius, Harry attempted to use the Cruciatus Curse on her but only knocked her over causing her a few seconds of pain. Dropping her jeering manner, Bellatrix disdainfully lectured him on his failure to execute the curse effectively inadvertently teaching him how to do it properly in the future before resolving to torture him herself with it in order to demonstrate the full potency of the curse.

After unsuccessfully attempting to attack Harry, she discovered to her horror that the prophecy had been destroyed and proceeded to panic, repeatedly attempting to summon it in vain from Harry who laughed at her efforts and dismissed her pleadings for leniency from her master due to being unaware that the latter had just arrived at the Ministry.

Once Harry realised that Voldemort was indeed present, Bellatrix pleaded with her master not to be punished and tried to warn him that Dumbledore was nearby, but he ignored her and concentrated on attempting to kill Harry. As the Killing Curse blasted from the end of his wand towards Harry, Dumbledore arrived and enchanted the statues of the Fountain of Magical Brethren to protect Harry, act as reinforcements, and to ensure that Bellatrix couldn't intervene as she was then pinned to the ground by the newly sentient witch statue.

However, she was the sole Death Eater to escape being captured by effectively blocking the spell that he had attempted to cast upon her. Before duelling Voldemort, Dumbledore summoned Cornelius Fudge and several Aurors to the Ministry using the statues as messengers via the fireplaces along the Atrium wall. After a failed attempt at possessing Harry, Voldemort grabbed Bellatrix before Apparating away but not before being seen by Fudge and the Aurors. With the rest of the Death Eaters immobilised and caught by the Ministry only moments later, Bellatrix was the only Death Eater not to be apprehended due to Voldemort intervening on her behalf, a testament to his acknowledgement of her loyalty to him.

Once there, Bellatrix interrogated Snape and voiced her distrust of him. Snape's calm, reasonable, and logical answers to her aggressive questioning rendered her dissatisfied, but temporarily without retort.

However, Narcissa proceeded to beg Snape to look after her son Draco 's welfare while he attended Hogwarts and tried to fulfil Voldemort's orders to kill Dumbledore. Snape shocked Bellatrix by asking her to bind him and Narcissa with an Unbreakable Vow to assist Draco.

Furthermore, Bellatrix assisted her nephew in his task by teaching him Occlumency , a tool he used against Snape in order to conceal the details of his mission. By the next year, Bellatrix was living with Narcissa at Malfoy Manor. She was the only resident of the manor who was actually pleased that Voldemort was staying there, telling him that there was " no higher pleasure ". Despite her unwavering loyalty, her master humiliated her and the Malfoys by mentioning the marriage of Nymphadora Tonks , the daughter of their sister, to the werewolf Remus Lupin.

However, Bellatrix insisted that she and Narcissa didn't consider Nymphadora to be their niece, as they had disowned their sister for marrying a Muggle-born. Voldemort eventually stopped the teasing and advised Bellatrix to continue to "prune" her "family tree", which she eagerly agreed to do as soon as possible. Despite her proclaimed loyalty towards her master, even Bellatrix hesitated when Voldemort said that he would need to borrow a wand from them in order to circumvent the problem of his own wand refusing to kill Harry, looking much like her colleagues " as though he had asked to borrow one of their arms ".

When the Death Eaters subsequently attacked the Order of the Phoenix while they were moving Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive , Bellatrix and her husband pursued a disguised Ronald Weasley and Tonks, whom Bellatrix tried very hard to kill. However, Rodolphus was injured in the pursuit and Tonks escaped. Soon afterwards, a copy of Godric Gryffindor's Sword was secured in Bellatrix's family vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank with Bellatrix and the Death Eaters unaware that it was merely a copy.

The goblins who ran the bank noticed at once that it was not the genuine article, but neglected to mention it to Bellatrix owing to their disdain at the new wizard control of their bank. Bellatrix sees the Sword of Gryffindor and retaliates against the Snatchers who possess it. In March , when Harry Potter , Ron Weasley , and Hermione Granger were captured by a group of Snatchers and brought to the manor, Bellatrix was at first eager to make sure that Voldemort was informed right away and she and Lucius briefly argued over who would summon him.

When she spotted Godric Gryffindor's Sword amongst the trio's captured possessions, however, she at once flew into a panic because the sword as far as she knew was hidden in her vault. This led Harry to deduce that there could be something of great importance in her vault which ended up being one of Voldemort's Horcruxes: Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. Bellatrix, coming out of her panicked state, ordered the Snatcher holding the sword to hand it over to her and stunned the man when he refused.

The other Snatchers turned on her at once, but even though it was four on one, they were no match for her and she quickly stunned three of them and forced Greyback to his knees, demanding to know where he had found the sword.

He then informed her that the sword had been found in the Trio's tent. She then took charge of the situation by resorting to torturing Hermione into revealing how the sword was in the Trio's possession and demanded that the rest of the prisoners be taken into the cellar temporarily, while ordering the Stunned Snatchers to be placed in the courtyard to be disposed of by her personally at a later time.

Bellatrix brutally torturing Hermione Granger with the Cruciatus Curse. Bellatrix proceeded to brutally torture Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse , asking her again and again about the Sword and if they had taken anything else from their vault. Even in extreme pain, Hermione managed to lie, claiming the real sword was only a copy. Griphook also managed to lie, obeying Harry's request to not tell Bellatrix the truth, keeping the trio's secret safe.

After Peter Pettigrew who had been sent to check on the prisoners after hearing a suspicious noise was strangled to death in the cellar with his own silver hand given to him by Voldemort after showing mercy to Harry and Ron escaped the cellar and proceeded up the stairs to aid Hermione. Bellatrix threatened Hermione with her knife, after Harry stunned Greyback and Lucius and Ron disarmed her.

While holding the knife to an unconscious Hermione's throat, Bellatrix demanded that the prisoners drop their wands, and then pressed her Dark Mark , calling Voldemort. However, Dobby who had been sent by Aberforth Dumbledore to rescue Harry and his friends created a diversion by causing the chandelier to fall from above Bellatrix's head, making her release Hermione and jump out of the way.

She lashed out at the house-elf in complete disbelief of his rebellious action to his "former masters". Dobby claimed he was a "free elf" and Disapparated. As the house-elf Disapparated with Harry, Bellatrix threw a silver knife at them in a desperate attempt to prevent their escape, and the Apparition sucked up the knife with it, wounding Dobby in his chest, who then died.

She also lost her wand in the skirmish. Bellatrix and her relatives were severely punished by Voldemort for allowing Harry to escape. After the incident at Malfoy Manor , Hermione used a hair of Bellatrix that had fallen on her while she was torturing her to change herself into Bellatrix using Polyjuice Potion , therefore letting her sneak into Gringotts , as Diagon Alley was infested with Death Eaters. During the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May , Bellatrix finally succeeded in murdering Nymphadora Tonks , her estranged sister 's daughter.

Bellatrix eagerly asked Voldemort if she could check Harry for signs of life, but was refused again and he instead sent her younger sister to confirm his death. When Narcissa had lied and told Voldemort that Harry was dead, Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters followed Voldemort to Hogwarts to announce Harry's "death", gloating at the despair of the survivors. When the battle resumed, Bellatrix fought Hermione Granger , Ginny Weasley , and Luna Lovegood all at once, having become the last Death Eater standing aside from Voldemort, who was also fighting three opponents.

It was said that despite all three young witches being skilled and working in tandem, together they did not outclass her. She cast a Killing Curse at Ginny, which narrowly missed its mark by an inch; the act was witnessed by both an invisible Harry, who was infuriated enough to actually target Bellatrix over Voldemort, and Molly Weasley.

The Weasley matriarch, having already lost one child that night and distraught at the prospect of losing her only daughter, promptly threw off her cloak and shouted a vocal challenge to the Death Eater as she charged forward, causing Bellatrix to cackle with laughter at her. However, Bellatrix's reckless, arrogant laughter quickly turned to rage as Molly began to attack, making her realise her opponent was more formidable than she had expected.

The two began to duel with the intensity of their powers being stated as causing the ground beneath them to become hot and cracked due to their intent to finish the other off once and for all. Despite this, Bellatrix continued to laugh and mock her opponent with sadistic glee even as Molly's powerful curses missed her by inches, eventually providing an opening for Molly to strike her in the chest with a curse which proved fatal.

As her body toppled to the ground, an outraged Voldemort turned on Molly, which prompted Harry who had watched the battle unfold beneath his Invisibility Cloak to reveal himself. The final showdown between him and Voldemort ensued, but Bellatrix didn't live to find out that her mistrust of Snape had been valid or see her master's final defeat moments later.

During the Calamity which occurred in s across the wizarding world , a portrait of Bellatrix escaped Malfoy Manor as one of the many Foundables , for unknown and mysterious reasons. Bellatrix had the classic "great good looks" and arrogant bearing common for members of the House of Black : She was a tall woman with long, thick, shiny dark hair. Her face had a strong jaw, [5] a thin mouth, [4] and heavily lidded eyes with long eyelashes.

However like her cousin Sirius Black , her lengthy imprisonment in Azkaban took a toll on her appearance - her face became gaunt and skull-like, but she still managed to retain vestiges of her great beauty. There was a remarkable resemblance between Bellatrix and her sisters - at first glance, Harry mistook Andromeda Tonks for Bellatrix, being was only upon closer observation did he notice the differences Andromeda had lighter brown hair, a kinder face, and wider eyes.

Besides this, Narcissa Malfoy was as fair as Bellatrix was dark. Bellatrix was an intensely sadistic witch with brutal, violent tendencies. Bellatrix was one of Voldemort 's cruellest Death Eaters , always eager to inflict the Cruciatus Curse on enemies. Harry Potter noted that she was as " mad as her master.

She believed to have proven her loyalty by her time in Azkaban , an event which had seemingly furthered her mental decline. She did not trust Severus Snape , and believed that Voldemort was mistaken in doing so, though she showed shame and fear when expressing this.

Bellatrix sadistically laughing at the announcement of Harry Potter 's "death". Overall, Bellatrix was obsessed with blood purity and took immense pride in the aristocracy of her family since a young age.

Like all the rest of Lord Voldemort's followers, she was vehemently against all half-bloods , Muggle-borns , Muggles , and half-breeds. She had a particular disdain for blood traitors , not being above killing members of her own family who displeased her, including her cousin Sirius and her younger sister's daughter Nymphadora , whom she sought to kill with great determination. Given her reaction to Harry's words that Voldemort is a half-blood, it is likely that she didn't know that her master wasn't a pure-blood or at least was in denial.

Bellatrix was intelligent and a natural leader, taking charge in tricky situations. The latter event was a mark of her decisiveness and ruthlessness, as she took no unnecessary prisoners preferring to kill them instead , as she planned to do with a group of Snatchers who attempted to defy her. Bellatrix was also egotistical and arrogant, described by Harry as " treat[ing] everyone like scum" in a rather taunting way.

She had immense confidence in her skills and never hesitated to jump into battle against any auror or Order of the Phoenix member. Furthermore, she was immensely proud of her status as the most loyal and devoted follower of Lord Voldemort.

However, Bellatrix chose to flee when Dumbledore arrived, suggesting that, like her master, she held a degree of fear and caution for the powerful wizard. Despite her cruel personality, Bellatrix was not incapable of caring for a few people.

She was obsessively in love with her master, Lord Voldemort. She had a close relationship with her younger sister Narcissa Malfoy , grudgingly going with her to Snape's house to ask his help and didn't tell her master of her sister's deception.

She also showed affection for her nephew and student Draco Malfoy , but didn't seem to be too concerned about his safety as she would " be glad to give [her own sons] up to the service of the Dark Lord ". Bellatrix Lestrange was an extremely powerful and dangerous witch , trained by Lord Voldemort himself.

She was a mistress of the Dark Arts , an incredibly skilful duellist , and an experienced Occlumens. Her unbalanced mental state and emotional instability seemed to feed her power and her prodigious magical skill was proven by her many victories over numerous talented wizards and witches, including experienced Aurors.

Bellatrix took the pure-blood values of her family very seriously, as indicated by her marriage into a known pure-blood wizarding family and her zealous belief in Death Eater ideology.

She had no feelings of affection for those in her family deemed blood traitors by disgracing and dishonouring her family by not fanatically honouring the prejudiced values she did, and readily attacked and killed them on many occasions.

Narcissa Malfoy , her youngest sister. Bellatrix seemed to have had a fairly close and affectionate relationship with her younger sister Narcissa, whom she called "Cissy.

After Snape agreed to make the Unbreakable Vow , Bellatrix acted as the bonding agent, ensuring that Snape would fulfil his promises to Narcissa.

Narcissa and Bellatrix occasionally clashed over the former's protectiveness towards her son; She argued that Narcissa should be proud that her son was a Death Eater, while Narcissa consistently demonstrated that the safety of her son and husband were her first priorities. Bellatrix had an illegitimate daughter with Lord Voldemort, named Delphini , who was born in secret at Malfoy Manor in the late s. Euphemia Rowle took Delphi in and raised her, allegedly only because she was offered a substantial amount of gold.

Bellatrix's relationship with Draco seemed to have some affection; though she seemed to disapprove of his inability to kill and his dislike for torture. Lucius Malfoy , her brother-in-law. Her brother-in-law Lucius was antagonistic with Bellatrix due to usurping his place within the Death Eater ranks despite the fact she had been imprisoned in Azkaban for fourteen years, unlike Lucius.

Their differences in loyalty in the Dark Lord fuelled their antagonism for each other even more. Seeing Lucius's extreme failure and the confiscation of his wand, Bellatrix treated him with disdain and contempt, showing him little to no respect during their argument of summoning Voldemort for capturing Harry.

She never expressed any love or concern for him. No children appear beneath their names on the Black family tapestry. It could be surmised that she made no attempts to produce children with her official husband, as she adored her master only and concentrated on pleasing only him. However, Bellatrix and Rodolphus did seem to work effectively together as Death Eaters, suggesting their partnership is strictly professional. Both were some of the most loyal and valued Death Eaters, so it is likely that they would've felt a connection from their mutual devotion to their master.

Nymphadora Tonks mentioned cursing him and being pursued by Bellatrix. Sirius Black , a cousin and murder victim. On the other hand, Bellatrix hated her "blood traitor" relatives. After her sister Andromeda married a muggle-born and was disowned, she never saw her again.

The two taunted each other as they duelled during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. After killing Sirius, Bellatrix sadistically jeered at Harry about the death of his godfather on multiple occasions. Nymphadora Tonks , her niece and murder victim. Bellatrix eagerly attacked her niece, Nymphadora Tonks, on at least three occasions. This was likely for a combination of reasons, including Tonks' being a half-blood , an Auror , and member of the Order of the Phoenix , the fact that she had married the werewolf Remus Lupin , and Voldemort's comments to her about "pruning her family tree".

Bellatrix eventually murdered Tonks during the Battle of Hogwarts on the 2nd of May It is possible that Bellatrix was on good terms with her other cousin, Regulus , who was also a Death Eater during the First Wizarding War.