[HPforGrownups] Here's a very strange thought I had about Dumbledore and Voldemort

[Barbara Foster Williams]

No: HPFGUIDX 15597



Joanne Collins wrote:
> 
> I was thinking about this, and I hope the possibility hasn't been
> covered
> before, but could it be possible that Dumbledore is Voldemort's father
> or
> perhaps brother? I know they have different names, but there are a
> million
> ways to explain that if they're father and son, and if they're
> brothers,
> maybe they're half-brothers. Not to mention that Dumbledore could have
> changed his name after the war. I'm reasonably sure Hitler's family
> would
> have done the same (er...that's not historically accurate), for
> example.
> 

Well, it's a nice theory, but while they might be related in another
way, he's definitely not V's father.  In GoF they have to use "bone of
the father" for the flesh, blood, and bone spell and they definitely
take it from Tom Riddle's grave, so he is V's father.

Barbara :)