[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldy, the family man

[Christina Gross]

No: HPFGUIDX 2416

On 27.09.2000 at 23:15:12 Kelley  wrote:
>What about this guys?
>
>We don't know if TR Sr. knew his wife was preg when he left her.  
>Perhaps TR Jr. (or Vold) left a preg woman w/o knowing it too. 

I find it highly unlikely that Voldemort/Tom Riddle would get
involved with a Muggle woman in the first place. He hated Muggles
when he was at Hogwarts and the first thing he did out of school was
to extinguish the Muggle side of the family tree. 

> He 
>would have been about thirty, and we don't know when he *became* 
>Voldemort.

In CoS Tom Riddle states that he began calling himself Voldemort and
gathering supporters while still at Hogwarts. 

>  If so, this child could be James (possibly Lily).  So in 
>theory Vold may not know he ever had a child, and thus, grandchild.  

He might have a child he doesn't know about, but I don't believe it's
either James or Lily. JKR seems to set up James as the heir of Godric
Gryffindor, and Lily is muggle-born, which seems very important to
JKR. The acceptance of muggle-borns is a major theme of the books.
Besides, immortality is one of Voldemort's major goals and having
children is one of the ways to achieve it. I can't see him "spreading
his seed" carelessly.
 
>Then in CoS, when TR Jr comments about the likenesses between him
>and 
>Harry, he's noticing this, but has no idea there's a reason for it.  
>Can anyone think of any holes I'm missing here?  It would seem 
>strange for JKR to mention the likenesses and not go anywhere with
>it.

I'm sure JKR is going somewhere with it, but so far I have no idea
where that could be. 

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Christina

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