Greengrass Family

Family Members

Additional Information

– author: Luke Schierer

Per an interview, Daphne was part of Pansy Parkinson’s “gang”¹. This is apparently established as part of book 5, but seems to be fairly debated. A word search on the American Kindle edition shows her name only in relation to the Charms OWL practicals. Interestingly Pansy, Millicent and a Sixth Year girl are members of the Inquisitorial Squad, but Daphne is not. Why did Umbridge not trust her?

Even less is available about her younger sister Astoria. Much of what we do know about her (Astoria) requires taking Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as part of cannon, something I tend not to do. Mrs. Rowling says Astoria went “through a similar (though less violent and frightening) conversion from pure-blood ideals to a more tolerant life view.”² The interesting thing about this paragraph is that it is nearly all innuendo and comparison with few direct statements. It says Daphne is a Slytherin, but nothing of Astoria’s sorting. It says Astoria believed pure-blood ideals, but while Draco’s upbringing talks specifically about being a Death Eater upbringing, there is a curious lack of specificity about Astoria. I find it curious that Narcissa and Lucius “had high hopes” based on her family’s status on the Sacred Twenty-Eight. If her father had been a Death Eater along with Lucius, surely they would have more than merely that to base their hopes on?

Both girls appear to have an uncle, Gareth Greengrass, which I am inferring from the fact that the wiki lists him as having only one daughter, which is neither known girl, and his wife as having a brother-in-law. The uncle was apparently not a death eater, but if you accept Harry Potter: Wizards Unite as canonical, he did get himself in trouble violating the Statute of Secrecy.