Voldemort's Mother (Re: The Sorting Hat , Voldemort challenge, )

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 29278

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Calypso8604 at a... wrote:
> And while we're on the topic of heritage and ancestary, what about 
Tom 
> Riddle's mother? She was a descendant of Salazar Slytherin but 
obviously 
> didn't believe in the same things he did or her son does. She 
married a 
> muggle and still loved Tom Sr. enough after he left to name her son 
after 
> him. I think that she probably wasn't in Slytherin even though she 
was 
> Slytherin's descendant. Any thoughts?

Good point. Even if her father, Marvolo, disapproved of the 
relationship she still went through with it. That tells me either she 
1. didn't believe the Slytherin creed or 2. she had this relationship 
out of rebellion. Either way, I view her as a very tragic figure in 
the Potterverse.

That leads me to wonder if Marvolo knew about Tom Jr. and if he did 
was he so ashamed and hurt by his daughter that he, too, abandoned 
his grandson? From GoF, I got the impression that the Riddle 
grandparents did not know of the existence of Voldemort. But whatever 
the case is with Voldemort's family dynamics, I can say the good 
thing about the Dursley's is that they didn't abandon Harry.

Milz