V descendent or ancestor?/ bloodline theory

[cmf_usc]

No: HPFGUIDX 33750

Hi all!

Chris stated-- <<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.>>

I completely agree with this part of the theory!   I have thought for 
a while that Harry must be related to both S & G, as a living 
philosophers' stone whose power Voldie wants to absorb.  (Came up 
with this based on the alchemical symbolism in the books; msg 33154 
if anyone's interested). But I hadn't come up with exactly *how* he 
was related, and this sounds really plausible.

Then, Katze wrote-- <<there is controversy over whether V
is the last ancestor or last descendent of Slytherin. We aren't sure
which is the mistake as both have been used.>><snip>
<<Rowling is intentionally misleading us, and that just opens a whole
bunch of new doors. If V is the last ancestor (would that just make 
him the oldest of the living heirs?), then it is quite possible for 
someone else in the HP books to be an heir of Slytherin. If he is the 
last descendent, it's impossible for any living characters (Harry) to 
be related.>>

I'm with you Katze!  I think JKR is misleading us; that's why she had 
Dumbledore tell Harry only half the truth (because we know he doesn't 
lie).  I know JKR joked about the Voldemort-related-to-Harry-idea, 
saying it would "be a bit Star Wars-ish", but that doesn't mean she's 
denying it!  Also, this Dumbledore-Harry conversation reminds me of 
SW too.   Remember when Obi-Wan tells Luke his father's not alive in 
the first movie?  And by the third movie he's saying, well, I wasn't 
really lying, the man who was your father is gone and Darth Vader has 
taken his place?  (sorry can't remember exact quote)  That's the sort 
of vagueness & half-truth telling I read into the D/H scene.

So, IMHO, this interpretation of ancestor/descendant issue takes care 
of one of the objections to the Harry-related-to-Slytherin-theory.  
And, to address another objection, maybe Lily chose not be in 
Slytherin herself, much as Harry did.

And finally, I like the idea of Harry being related to both S & G for 
another reason.  If he has the genetics of both in his nature--his 
choice to "do the right thing" is all the more interesting, IMO.  I 
like to believe that Harry's powers (including Parseltongue) are 
really his own; that Harry (& all of us) are being led to place too 
much importance on the scar as a link to Voldemort.  That Harry can 
be an incredible force for good or evil, whichever he so chooses.

Thanks for listening!  Caroline