Greengrass Family

"Astoria Greengrass, who had gone through a similar (though less violent and frightening) conversion from pure-blood ideals to a more tolerant life view, was felt by Narcissa and Lucius to be something of a disappointment as a daughter-in-law. They had had high hopes of a girl whose family featured on the 'Sacred Twenty-Eight..."


 * —The pure-blood Greengrass family

Greengrass was the surname of a pure-blood 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 history
The Greengrasses were known to have espoused the philosophy of Pure-blood supremacy. Following the horrors of the Second Wizarding War, Astoria Greengrass abandoned those beliefs in favour of a more tolerant world view. She 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.

A certain ancestor of the family was stricken with a curse, which would be passed down into the Greengrass family as a blood malediction. It resurfaced in Astoria, which led to her frail health that worsened after giving birth to Scorpius, and she died during the summer of 2019.

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 Daphne and Astoria's ancestor who suffered from a blood curse was a member of the Greengrass family or an ancestor from another family.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
 * Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
 * Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
 * Pottermore
 * Wizarding World
 * Harry Potter: Wizards Unite