[HPforGrownups] Re: Grandpa Riddle (was Re: Grandpa Voldemort)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40534

> Ronale7 writes:
> > >I believe Voldemort is Harry's paternal
> grandfather.<<

> And Richelle replied:
> > I still disagree ....  I am still convinced...that
> Voldemort/Riddle
> is Harry's maternal grandfather. <


And Wendy writes:

>Tom Riddle's father abandoned his son (and his wife?)
>because of the magic in their blood.  Has anyone
>considered that maybe Tom Sr. went on to have another
>child, most likely a daughter?  This daughter could,
>in turn, be EITHER Lily's mother or James' mother.
>Voldemort, in turn, could have gone and murdered his
>half-sister and brother-in-law, much in the same way
>that he killed his own father and grandparents.

Say, that's good!  I've never thought of that one.  There's not much known
of course about James' parents, however . . .

>If this connection were on Lily's side of the family,
>then that would explain Petunia's extreme fear and
>distrust of magic a little further.  In Petunia's
>mind, her own parents were murdered by an evil and
>power-thirsty wizard, therefore all wizards are evil
>and power-thirsty.

And it would also explain why Harry has apparently never seen pictures of
his own mother or grandparents.  Petunia's extreme fear woudl probably
extend to removing all traces of her connection with those murdered by
Riddle/Voldemort.  Very possible.

>version).  If I'm not mistaken on my definitions here,
>if James Potter were actually Voldemort's nephew, then
>Harry *would* be an *ancestor* of Slytherin, but not a
>descendant.

I'm a bit confused on the two words myself, but if Slytherin does have
something to do with the green eyes of Lily and Harry it could still have
come through in the genes.  I think.  I'm not much of a whiz at genetics!

>Please correct me or refer me to older messages if
>this has already been debated at length :)

I haven't been around very long, just a couple of weeks, but thanks for
sharing this theory!  I think I might like it better than mine!

Richelle