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'''Greengrass''' is the surname of a [[pure-blood]]<ref>Astoria Greengrass's [[Scorpius Malfoy|son]] was described as pure-blood by [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] in the Epilogue of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', indicating that Astoria would have been pure-blood herself.</ref> wizarding family. They are related to the [[Malfoy family]], and more distantly to the [[House of Black|Black]] and the [[Lestrange family|Lestrange]] families.
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'''Greengrass''' is the surname of a [[pure-blood]]<ref>Astoria Greengrass's [[Scorpius Malfoy|son]] was described as pure-blood by [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] in the Epilogue of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', indicating that Astoria would have been pure-blood herself.</ref><ref name="PMdraco">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter10/moment2/draco-malfoy New from J.K. Rowling: "Draco Malfoy"]</ref> wizarding family, and one of the [[Sacred Twenty-Eight]].<ref name="PMpure-blood">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter7/moment1/pure-blood New from J.K. Rowling: "Pure-blood"]</ref> They are related through marriage to the [[Malfoy family]], and, more distantly, to the [[House of Black|Black]] and the [[Lestrange family|Lestrange]] families.
   
==Family Members==
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== History ==
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The Greengrasses are known to have espoused the philosophy of [[Pure-blood supremacy]],<ref name="PMdraco"/> even though, following the horrors of the [[Second Wizarding War]], [[Astoria Greengrass]] abandoned those beliefs in favour of a more tolerant world view and even refused to raise [[Scorpius Malfoy|her son]] to believe that "[[Muggles]] [are] scum" even though that created tension with her parents-in-law, [[Lucius Malfoy|Lucius]] and [[Narcissa Malfoy]].<ref name="PMdraco"/>
*[[Astoria Greengrass|Astoria Malfoy née Greengrass]] wife of [[Draco Malfoy]], mother of [[Scorpius Malfoy]]
 
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*[[Daphne Greengrass]] Astoria's older sister, she was in [[Harry Potter]]'s year and [[Slytherin]] house at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]
 
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==Recent family members==
 
*[[Astoria Greengrass|Astoria Malfoy ]]{{c|née Greengrass}} - wife of [[Draco Malfoy]], mother of [[Scorpius Malfoy]]
 
*[[Daphne Greengrass]] - Astoria's older sister, she was in [[Harry Potter]]'s year and [[Slytherin]] house at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], and was one of Pansy Parkinson's gang.
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
* The surname ''Greengrass'' seems to simply come from the words ''green'' and ''grass'', emphasising [[Slytherin]]'s house colours.
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* The surname ''Greengrass'' seems to simply come from the words ''green'' and ''grass'', emphasising [[Slytherin]]'s house colours. This imagery would be appropriate if the Greengrass family has been traditionally sorted into Slytherin.
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Famille Greengrass]]
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[[pl:Rodzina Greengrass]]
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Revision as of 17:52, 2 January 2016

Greengrass is the surname of a pure-blood[1][2] wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight.[3] They are related through marriage to the Malfoy family, and, more distantly, to the Black and the Lestrange families.

History

The Greengrasses are known to have espoused the philosophy of Pure-blood supremacy,[2] even though, following the horrors of the Second Wizarding War, Astoria Greengrass abandoned those beliefs in favour of a more tolerant world view and even refused to raise her son to believe that "Muggles [are] scum" even though that created tension with her parents-in-law, Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.[2]

Recent family members

Etymology

  • The surname Greengrass seems to simply come from the words green and grass, emphasising Slytherin's house colours. This imagery would be appropriate if the Greengrass family has been traditionally sorted into Slytherin.

Notes and references

  1. Astoria Greengrass's son was described as pure-blood by Ron Weasley in the Epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, indicating that Astoria would have been pure-blood herself.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "Draco Malfoy"
  3. Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "Pure-blood"