Sometime throughout her life, Eileen married a Muggle man named Tobias Snape, with whom she had a child, Severus; the Daily Prophet ran a small announcement about the marriage and birth. However, the marriage went sour, with Tobias shouting one day at Eileen as she cowered in fear, while their son wept in a quiet corner; this seemingly was a frequent occurence. When her son went to Hogwarts for his first year, Eileen accompanied him to Platform Nine and Three Quarters, looking grave and serious the way her son would go on to appear in adulthood.