Charis Crouch

Charis Ourania Crouch (née Black) (30 June 1913 - 2 November 1973) was a pure-blood witch, the second daughter of Arcturus Black II and Lysandra Black (née Yaxley), the younger sister of Callidora Longbottom (née Black) and the older sister of Cedrella Weasley (née Black). She attented Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September 1924 to June of 1931. She was also the wife of Ministry Official Caspar Crouch and the mother to their three children: Bartemius, Caressa, and Camellia. She was known as one of the very few of her family to support her older sister's marriage to blood-traitor Septimus Weasley.

Early life (1919-1930)
Charis was born on 30 June 1913 at the Black Manor in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, as the middle daughter of Arcturus Black II and Lysandra Black (née Yaxley). Charis was a member of the Noble and most Ancient House of Black, a centuries old pure-blood wizarding family that was known to uphold the values of pure-blood supremacy, and to look down upon anyone who didn't share the same beliefs. She had an older sister, Callidora, who was two years her senior. Charis had a younger sister named Cedrella, who was four years her junior. Charis had enjoyed spending time with her sisters growing up as children.

Her paternal grandfather was Phineas Nigellus Black I, who was known as one of Hogwarts least favored Headmasters in history. Phineas was a traditional blood purist, who saw muggles, muggle-borns, half-bloods, and blood-traitors as inferior. He died 1925, when Charis was six years old. Her paternal grandmother was Ursula Black (née Flint), a member of the House of Flint, another family of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Ursula died sometime in the mid 1930s, when Charis was still at Hogwarts.

Her maternal grandfather was Alcander Yaxley, a very influential aristocrat of the House of Yaxley, another family of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Her maternal grandmother was a pure-blood witch.

She had three paternal uncles: Sirius Black II, Phineas Black II, and Cygnus Black III, and a paternal aunt, Belvina Burke (née Black). She had three first cousins through Sirius, Arcturus (twelve years older), Lycoris (nine years older), and Regulus (seven years older). Through her uncle Cygnus, she had four first cousins, Pollux (eleven years older), Cassiopeia (seven years older), Marius (three years older), and Dorea (one year younger). Through her aunt Belvina, she had three first cousins, Alistair (eight years older), Eduardus (seven years older), and Louvinia (five years older).

On her mother's side, she had an uncle Octavian, who was married to Emelot Lestrange and had two first cousins, Enyalius, who was eleven years older than her, and Althaea, who was nine years older. Charis was exceptionally close to her cousin Dorea.