Voldemort / James Potter

[delwyn_march]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5179
From: delwyn_march
Subject: Re : Voldemort / James Potter
Date: 7/27/00 7:39 am  (ET)

Salut !

Penny, I was the one suggesting that James might bear his mother's name. A
bit too cliche ? Maybe. But I know so many people to whom it has happened
(such as me, for example).

I've been thinking about the problem of the Muggle orphanage. Isn't it
odd that the wizarding people live longer than the Muggles but there
were no living relatives left to take care of Tom Riddle Jr ?

My idea is that his mother's family was very deeply involved in the
Dark Arts, and maybe his mother herself too, which is definitely
life-threatening. So her own family might have been killed for Dark
Arts-related reasons ( battles for power, etc...), especially since they
seem to have been very proud to be descendants of Slytherin. It could
even be the reason she died. The problem is, bad guys never help each
other out of pure charity. So nobody would have been willing to take
care of baby V, and that could be why he ended up in a Muggle orphanage.

As for Harry being related to the Weasleys, wouldn't *that* sound a *bit*
too cliche ?!

A plus !

Do