hehehe / The Fidelius Charm

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 47722

Julie wrote:
> Ok.  From cannon we know that Voldemort learned who his father was
> just because his mother named him after him. . . . but I do not
> believe it actually states that this is absolute truth.
> 
> What if in fact, Filch were his father?  And his mother named him
> after the nice man who took her to the hospital.  Perhaps his mother
> had a huge blow out fight with Filch, and this is in part why he's so
> mean.  Maybe he does or doesn't know that Voldie is his son.  If he
> knows, maybe he's helping Dumledore with the fight secretly.  In not
> revealing that he's his real father, then the whole potion that
> Voldemort made to bring himself back is inherently flawed unless that
> family is somehow releated to Filch.
> 
> Anyone proove me wrong or add to this theory?
>
> Julie :)

The only problem with this theory is that Voldemort is 65 years old, 
which would make Filch at the very least 75, and probably 80+, and he 
doesn't look that old. Of course, I am assuming that Filch, as a squib 
(aka muggle) doesn't have an expanded lifespan. If one of the 
differences between muggles and squibs is that the latter do have the 
extended lifespan, then the theory is marginally workable, especially 
because how Voldemort manages to learn all those things about his 
fmily, when his mother is dead at childbirth and his father doesn't 
want to have anything to do with him is still in the air, and thus 
could've been a tale told to young Tom and spin out of cloth by the 
orphanage caretakers.

Mike wrote:
> My first thought upon reading the passage above was that James and 
> Lily Potter were the ones who performed the Fidelius Charm on 
> themselves and Pettigrew.  However, now I am beginning to wonder...
> 
> With the tremendous complexities of this charm, is it possible that 
> someone else performed the charm on them - or with them?  Could 
> Dumbledore have been involved?
> Mike

We don't really know how many people takes to make a Fidelius charm, 
nor really any of the details at all, so there is no canon in favour or 
against that proposition. However, anyone involved would necesarily 
have to know some especifics about the spell, like *who had been 
selected as secret keeper*. Since the entire purpose of the spell is to 
hide things, I don't think you would have to use more than the absolute 
minimun of people.

And of course, if there were other people apart from Peter and the 
Potters, where were they when Sirius was framed? As I said earlier, I 
can't believe that there could be people involved that wouldn't know 
who the real secret keeper is, and if they were friends of the potters, 
they would've protested the MoM's decision to send Sirius to Azkaban. 
This includes especifically Dumbledore, who, by his own words, either 
didn't know who the secret keeper was, since he said that it was 
Sirius, or rather he is an evil person and gave false evidence of 
Sirius involvement, which I very much doubt.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf