How did Harry survive Voldemort's attack as a baby?

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 12069

>Annette wrote:
> > Has anyone discussed the conflict of Lilly Potter being a witch 
or a muggle.  The first three books give the definate impression that 
> she was a witch from an early age, even Aunt Marge made a reference 
to this fact prior to Harry blowing her up.  But at the end of book 
4, when Harry was tied to Tom Riddle's head stone, Voldemort said how 
> > alike he and Harry were; Both born with muggle mothers....Another 
> > thing I noticed is that the Death Eaters are all violently anti 
mud blood, but why then would they support Voldemort if he had a 
muggle mother?
>
> Parker wrote: 
> It was Riddle's *father* who was the muggle.  In CoS, p. 231 UK 
> edition, Voldemort explains how he "became" Voldemort.  'I, keep 
the name of a foul, common Muggle, who abandoned me before I was 
born, just because he found out his wife was a witch?'...
> This is the reason (IMO) that Voldemort hates people born of muggle 
> parentage. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  

Right, this is true.  And, what still is odd to me, is that Vold is 
the last descendent of Salazar Slytherin, who was so against mud-
bloods and muggleborns attending HW, yet his own heir is half-
muggle.  Guess Slytherin had to make do with what he had; plus, Vold 
does have the 'hate his (muggle) dad' thing going on.  Just seems so 
ironic that Vold (and S. Slyth.) are so against mixed-blood, etc., 
and this is exactly what Vold is.  I'm really curious about his 
mother (as well as James' and Lily's parents)...

Kelley