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Originally Posted by laurens
I know faramir mentions his line is not descended from elendil, somewhere else it says that the house of hurin is ultimately of royal descent, so I take this to mean ther royal descent is to be loated in elros's line, before elendil, so a royal side-branch of the numenorean kings. haven t fund out which one(s) this could be. however, faramir stating all this, doesn t make it true of course. might just as well be a family myth.
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I think you might be confusing the quotes somewhat. The quote that I presume you to be referring to, in regards to Faramir is:
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We of my house are not of the line of Elendil, though the blood of Numenor is in us.
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The house of the Stewards is not of the LINE of Elendil, meaning that they cannot, as Aragorn could, or the Kings of Gondor could, trace their lineage back, father-to-father to Elendil.
I am familiar with the other quote that you are thinking of, the one about the House of Hurin having royal blood- but I am at a loss to find it myself.
In any case, I have always taken it to mean that the House of Hurin was not descended from a SON of the Royal House. If you think about it, the Kings of Gondor were around propagating their line for two thousand years. They should have had any number of children, and by the time of Pelendur, pretty much every noble in Gondor was probably related to the royal family in some respect. The question was simply whether or not anyone was in a direct line (ie. father to son) from one of the Kings.
Therefore, I would discount, personally, any suggestion that the House of Hurin had descent from Elros from a different party than Elendil. Certainly, if they did, they would not be "royalty" at any point in Gondor's history, since Gondor was ruled by the House of Elendil- the descendents of Elendil and no other descendents of Elros. Furthermore, Elendil's own lineage from Elros, while certainly uncontestable, would not have placed him anywhere near the front of the line for the Throne of Numenor, but somewhere in the back of those with Royal Blood.