Why Voldemort was after Harry/Gryffindor descendent/OT

[Jim Ferer]

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Parker:<< the name engraved just below the hilt.  Godric Gryffindor.  
"Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, 
Harry," said Dumbledore, simply."
Is this a foreshadowing of something?>>

With JKR, *everything* is a foreshadowing of something.  She is a 
master of deception, Knight Commander of the Order of the Red Herring. 
IOW, who knows?  A lot of us have speculated that, as Riddle was the 
Heir of Slytherin, Harry (like his father before him) is the Heir of 
Gryffindor, his direct descendant. This is what made him and his 
father Voldemort's targets. It would explain why Voldemort wanted to 
kill Harry but apparently wouldn't have killed Lilly if she hadn't 
gotten in the way. It's an appealing idea, but we don't really know.