[HPforGrownups] Re: my bloodline therory

[Katze]

No: HPFGUIDX 33697

While I think your theory is good and seems solid, I don't quite agree.

evershade1 wrote:

> Now the hypothesis:  What if Tom Riddle's mother actually gave birth
> to twins, the other child being a girl.  Hence, there were now
> actually two heirs of Slytherin.  The girl grew up as a muggle, and
> showed no magical powers.  Later she married a man named Evans, and
> gave birth to two daughters, Petunia and Lilly.  (Lilly being born
> when she was 33 years old.)  Unexpectedly Lilly showed magical
> powers, and was invited to come to Hogwarts.  There she met James
> Potter, they married and had a child named Harry.

> Continuing on with the hypothesis:  What if James Potter was a direct
> descendent of Gryffindor?  Harry Potter would then have the blood of
> both Gryffindor and Slytherin in his veins.  Lord Voldermort
> discovered this and recognized that Lilly was his niece, and that
> Harry possibly could be the greatest wizard ever known.  His goal was
> to kill Harry.  Perhaps he felt honor bound not to kill his niece, a
> descendent of Slytherin, but Harry was not pure Slytherin, and thus
> in his mind, it was acceptable to kill him. <munch>

I also don't think that Voldemort would save Lily, just because she was
his niece (if it turned out that they are related). She is Muggle born,
and Voldemort despises Muggles. There's something more to Lily, and I
think V had plans for her, had he not killed her. IT's possible Lily has
some powers that we don't know about yet (definitely in charms, possibly
a seer - don't know why I think this), and V knew and wanted to make use
of her talents.

The more I think about a blood relations between V and Harry, the less I
believe it. As Rowling stated in an interview, "Seems a bit Star
Wars-ish doesn't it?"

Now...when I read CoS, my immediate thought was that Harry is a
Gryffindor heir. this could still be true, as we have no evidence to
prove this false. So, I could see why V would want to wipe out the
James' side of the family (including Harry). But Rowling is tricky, and
I'm not sure she'd go for something quite so obvious.

> This hypothesis could explain many clues in the story of Harry
> Potter.  Harry's physical similarity to Lord Voldermort, his ability
> to speak Parseltongue.  Harry's ability to open the Chamber of
> Secrets.  Additionally, it could explain the look of triumph in
> Dumbledor's eyes when he learns that Lord Voldermort has taken some
> of Harry's blood into himself to recreate his body  It could make
> Lord Voldermore as powerful as Harry.  However, it could also temper
> his bloodline with the more noble qualities of Gryffinder. 

Harry's ability to speak Parseltongue came from Voldemort when he first
attacked Harry. I don't believe that him speaking to snake is a natural
ability.

As for the look of triumph, I don't think Harry's blood is going to
bring goodness into V's heart, or make him more noble. I would be very
disappointed in the series, if V were redeemed. Harry's blood serves as
a disadvantage to V, and D knows this (IMO anyway). V is very arrogant.
He's also very short sided. He probably thought...yeah...take Harry's
blood...I'd be just as powerful as him, and have his protection. But
there is something that he didn't think about, and it will aide his
downfall. 

> Now the hypothesis:  What if Tom Riddle's mother actually gave birth
> to twins, the other child being a girl.  Hence, there were now
> actually two heirs of Slytherin.  The girl grew up as a muggle, and
> showed no magical powers.  Later she married a man named Evans, and
> gave birth to two daughters, Petunia and Lilly.  (Lilly being born
> when she was 33 years old.)  Unexpectedly Lilly showed magical
> powers, and was invited to come to Hogwarts.  There she met James
> Potter, they married and had a child named Harry.


katrionabowman wrote:
> 
> My sole concern with this theory, is that surely if Lily was a direct
> descendant of Slytherin, she would have been sorted into Slytherin,
> and not Gryffindor?

This isn't necessarily true. Just because family is one house, doesn't
mean you can't go to another. The Patil twins were put into two
different house, one Gryffindor, and one Ravenclaw. So while Lily could
be an heir to Slytherin, the sorting hat would put her in Gryffindor,
which goes a long to to support that idea that it's a person's choices
that makes them who they are. Lily (regardless of whether she was mean
or nice), had Gryffindor qualities, more so than Slytherin qualities.

-Katze