Ancestor vs Descendent

[delwyn_march]

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From: delwyn_march
Subject: Ancestor vs Descendent
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4664] Re: Chapter 2 - What's Going On? - SPOIL
Date: 7/20/00 11:00 am  (ET)

Salut !

>>I looked in my copy of CoS and he does say
>>descendant, not ancestor.

>One of these here e-mail-lists had a lot of
>discussion, once upon a time, revealing that the
>British hardcover said 'ancestor' and the
>American hardcover said 'descendent' and
>speculating on which one JKR meant versus which
>one was an error.

I know we are supposed to look for hints everywhere, but still, I just
can't figure out how Voldemort could be an ancestor of Slytherin. I mean
Slytherin lived a thousand years ago, while Tom Riddle was a teen only
fifty years ago !
So, unless we get into reincarnation ...

A plus !

Doriane