___ Grindelwald

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 21080

--- In HPforGrownups at y...,

dfrankis wrote:
> Grindelwald could have been Tom's grandfather 
> Marvolo, the then-current Heir of Slytherin.  

Bugg replied:

> Good thought; What is Grindelwald's first name? 
> Could be Marvolo. 

"ender_w" <ender_w at m...> then replied:
> It could be, but Tom is the heir of Slytherin through his mother, 
> not his father.
 

Yes. Tom's mother could have been Mirella Grindelwald: JKR hasn't 
told us her last name any more than her first name, and there's no 
reason to beleive my random claim that she was named Mirella 
Magicker, daughter of Marvolo and Miranda Magicker.