The Voldemort-Potter Connection

[nplyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 40291

Hi all,

Hopefully this is not a topic that has been thoroughly discussed 
yet.  If it is, please let me know and I will check through the 
archives. 

Has anyone else thought that this whole situation with Voldemort and 
the Potters is strange?  Obviously there are things about Harry's 
past that we don't yet know but the more I think about the whole 
thing the more puzzled I am.  Why exactly was Voldemort after the 
Potters?  It seems like they must have had some significance for him 
to go to such trouble to uncover their whereabouts and to attempt to 
murder the whole family.

Also, as I reread COS, it seemed really strange to me that Tom Riddle 
makes a point of telling Harry that they look a lot alike.  Now, I 
think it highly unlikely that it's one of those Luke-I-am-your-father 
situations.  Rowling also points out how very much Harry looks like 
his dad.  Are they related somehow?  My husband has never read the 
books and has only seen the movie and when I mentioned this to him he 
made an interesting suggestion.  What if Voldemort is Harry's 
grandfather?  Oooh, it's so fun to speculate!  Anyway, I really 
believe there must be something to the fact that Harry resembles Tom 
Riddle.  I'd be interested to hear what others think about this.

Nicole