Greengrass Family

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## Family Heritage

### Notable Family Members

* Panacea †
* Illyria Greengrass †
* Gareth Greengrass †
* Aquila Greengrass †
* Cereus Greengrass
* Alastair Greengrass
* Eurydice Greengrass (née Selwyn)
* Eros Greengrass
* Daphne Greengrass
* Athena Greengrass †
* Astoria Greengrass
* Despoina Greengrass

## Relationships

### Related Families

* House of Black
* Selwyn Family
* Lestrange Family
* Zabini Family
* Malfoy Family
* Lestrange Family
* Tonks Family
* Lupin Family (distant)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Slytherin
	+ Hufflepuff
* British Ministry of Magic
	+ Department of Mysteries
* The Unforgivable

**Greengrass** was the surname of a pureblood wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. They were related through marriage to the Malfoy family and, more distantly, to the Black and the Lestrange families.

## Family Members

### Ancestors

* **Panacea** — There isn't much known about Panacea except that the blood malediction that affects her descendants come from the curse that was placed upon her when she was younger.

### Blood Relatives

* **Cadmus Greengrass** —
* **Lucina Greengrass** —
* **Illyria Greengrass** —
* **Theseus Greengrass** —
* **Astraea Greengrass** —
* **Gareth Greengrass** — A Senior Unspeakable at the Department of Mysteries, and one of the members of the council overseeing the investigation into the disappearance of the London Five, deceased.
* **Gareth Greengrass' Brother** —
* **Aquila Greengrass** —
* **Cereus Greengrass** —
* **Alastair Greengrass** —
* **Eros Greengrass** —
* **Daphne Greengrass** —
* **Athena Greengrass** —
* **Astoria Greengrass** —

### Relatives by Marriage

* **Aletheia Rowle** — She is the wife of Cadmus Greengrass and the mother of Lucina, Illyria, and Theseus Greengrass.
* **Arcturus Black I** — He is the husband of Illyria Greengrass and the father of
* **Ominis Gaunt** — He is the husband of Astraea Greengrass and the father of
* **Eurydice Selwyn** —
* **Blaise Zabini** —
* **Draco Malfoy** —

### Distant Relatives

* **Altair Black** — He is the son of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Octans Black** — He is the son of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Sextans Black** — He is the son of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Mensa Black** — She is the daughter of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Antlia Black** — She is the daughter of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Canopus Black** — He is the son of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Equuleus Black** — He is the son of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Atria Black** — She is the daughter of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Alphecca Black** — She is the daughter of Illyria Greengrass and Arcturus Black I.
* **Elena Zabini** — She is the daughter of Daphne Greengrass and Blaise Zabini.
* **Ares Zabini** — He is the son of Daphne Greengrass and Blaise Zabini.
* **Lorenzo Zabini II** — He is the son of Daphne Greengrass and Blaise Zabini.
* **Aphrodite Zabini** — She is the daughter of Daphne Greengrass and Blaise Zabini.
* **Hercules Malfoy** — He is the son of Astoria Greengrass and Draco Malfoy and the brother of Scorpius and Amadioha Malfoy.
* **Scorpius Malfoy** — He is the son of Astoria Greengrass and Draco Malfoy and the brother of Hercules and Amadioha Malfoy.
* **Amadioha Malfoy** — She is the daughter of Astoria Greengrass and Draco Malfoy and the sister of Hercules and Scorpius Malfoy.

## 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.

## Behind the Scenes

* It is unknown if Eros, Athena, Daphne and Astoria's ancestor who suffered from a blood curse was a member of the Greengrass family or an ancestor from another family.