House of Black

The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black was one of the largest, oldest and wealthiest pure-blooded wizarding families in Britain, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Many wizarding families in Britain are distantly related to the House of Black.  The Black family traces its origin back to the Middle Ages. By 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 female line continued through the Malfoy family and Teddy Lupin, though the latter descends from a Black who was disowned. It has not been confirmed that the Potter family is also distantly related to the Black family through Dorea Black; they are, however, related through Ginevra Weasley, who married Harry Potter and had three children. Related families: Blishwick family, Bulstrode family, Burke family, Crabbe family, Crouch family, Flint family, Gamp family, Malfoy family, Macmillan family, Lestrange family, Longbottom family, Lupin family, Potter family, Prewett family, Rosier family, Tonks family, Weasley family, Yaxley family.