Grandpa Voldemort

[ronale7]

No: HPFGUIDX 40437

Richelle wrote:

>>How does this explain that Riddle is James' father and not Lily? I 
agree with the scenario that Voldemort/Riddle killed James and tried 
to kill Harry to end that bloodline. However, I just can't picture 
Voldemort being a softie who stands there and repeatedly tells Lily 
to "Stand aside." That's on more than one occasion based on the 
wording, possibly as many as four times he tells her to "stand aside" 
before killing her. Isn't that an awfully big waste of time? Why 
spend all that time telling her to get out 
of the way? Why not just kill her and be done with it as he killed 
James?  It just doesn't fit Voldemort's mold to simply not care if 
she died or not and take the time out to try to get her to move away 
from Harry. Unless he knew that something would happen to protect 
Harry if she died protecting him, which I don't think he did. I'm 
also still confused why it was Lily's sacrifice that protected Harry 
from Quirrell/Voldemort when James also died to protect him. Both of 
them, actually.<<


I believe Tom Riddle (Voldemort) is Harry's paternal grandfather--and 
not his maternal one--because of how he is described.  In CS, chapter 
17, we are told Tom is black-haired.  While it's possible that a 
black-haired man could father a redheaded woman, it's much more 
likely that he'll sire a dark-haired child. 
 
James is black-haired.  And since Harry so strikingly resembles his 
father and looks something like Tom, it is easier to assume (Occam's 
razor) the relationship among the three comes through the male line.

Additionally, Voldemort cannot have hesitated about killing Lily 
because he thought her love and sacrifice would protect Harry.  In CS 
chapter 17, Tom says it was only a lucky chance that saved Harry.  
And in GF, chapter 33, he says he should have remembered the old 
magic.   This suggests he wasn't thinking about it at the time he 
killed Lily. 

My guess is Voldemort is goal-fixated.  He went to the Potter house 
determined that no child of James should survive.  To accomplish this 
he had to kill both Harry and James.  As to why he wanted this, I 
refer you again to my earlier post, # 38784.