Since Tiberius' relationship with Claudius growing up had never been particularly strained, he failed to see the connection between these two statements. Why should he care if people compared them? He didn't really care much what people thought, except that they had no reason to think his behavior (or that of his wife) reflected poorly on the Lestrange family. The Lestranges were, in his view, obviously superior to all of the other inhabitants of magical Britain. Of course people were going to talk about them, and perhaps even compare them, but why should it matter? Whether Mrs. So-and-So thought he was better or worse off than his cousin would make no practical difference to his life.

"That's probably true," he allowed impassively. "We have the same name, and work in the same department of the Ministry. We were raised in the same house. Some degree of comparison seems inevitable."