|House of Black| |Notable family members| - "Toujours pur." -
—The family motto, translating to "Always Pure"[src] The Noble
and Most Ancient House of Black was one of the largest, oldest
and wealthiest pure-blooded wizarding families in Britain. Many
wizarding families in Britain are distantly related to the House
of Black. Like the Malfoy and Lestrange families, the House of
Black is synonymous with elevated status and wealth. The Black
family tree is displayed in the drawing room of the family home
at 12 Grimmauld Place in London, England on an intricate
tapestry, as an ornate mural. It starts in the Middle Ages and
shows the dominant line of the family up to the present day. 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 remained
extant 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