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

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> catherine at c... wrote:
> 
> > (I did consider whether Dumbledore could be related to Voldemort's
> > mother, but she is descended from Slytherin and Dumbledore is a
> > Gryffindor, so this again seems very unlikely.)
> 
> Has JKR said in a chat or someplace that Dumbledore was a 
Gryffindor?
> 
> And the houses are just that, houses at a school. It doesn't 
dictate all
> your social interactions in the future. Intermarrying does happen, 
and
> there can be members of more than one house in one family.
> 
> --Amanda


Yes, Dumbledore was in Gryffindor. It was stated by Hermione on the 
train to Hogwarts (SS/PS). She said something along the lines 
of, "...Gryffindor seems by far the best. Dumbledore himself was in 
Gryffindor..." (I don't have the book with me now, but that's 
basically what she said.)

JK Rowling has told us Dumbledore was a Gryffindor in several 
interviews, too.

I'm pretty sure Dumbledore is not related to Riddle. He said 
Voldermort was the last remaining decendant of Salazar Slytherin. On 
the other hand, you would need information from someone other than 
Dumbledore to really trust his words. If he really was related to 
Riddle I don't think he'd want students gossiping about it. You could 
make the argument that he was lying about Riddle's family.

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