As children, Tonks and Bellatrix were so alike in personality that Andromeda was often visited by painful memories of her own happy childhood. She frequently wondered what her daughter’s life would have been like had her aunts been around. What kind of troubles Bellatrix might have dragged Tonks into, and how Narcissa would have loved having a niece to spoil, given that she had a son.
Because Andromeda was experiencing firsthand what her mother had felt raising Bellatrix, she also often thought about sending an owl to Druella asking for advice on how to handle Tonks. She never did it because she believed her mother would simply ignore her since they weren't on speaking terms. The sad truth is that, had Andromeda sent that owl, Druella would have replied instantly.
