[HPforGrownups] puzzlers, and possible sollutions to puzzles

[Catherine Coleman]

No: HPFGUIDX 39249

In message <007301c208bc$a241f2a0$d8c2ded1 at huntleyl>, Laura Ingalls 
Huntley <huntleyl at mssm.org> writes
>Stevens:
>>I have no guesses where James was raised, but an
>>orphanage is possible.  You see, I believe James is
>>Tom Riddle's son.  That would make Riddle Harry's
>>grandfather.  Please see my message 38784 on the
>>'fatal child" theory.
>
>and Inge:
>>I have my own little theory about James - and don't kill me now - but
>>I think that James is actually the son of Voldemort... leading
>>Voldemort to be Harry's grandfather!
>>So many things point in that direction...
>>In a way I HOPE Im wrong on this one because that would ruin one of
>>the "great surprises" that Rowling must hold back.
>
>Wow, was that a coordinated assault?? ^_^...I've had ideas that tended
>towards these theories in the past...BUT...in an interview JKR did say:
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>Q: Is Voldemort some sort of relative of Harry's?  Possibly his mother's
>brother?
>
>JKR:  I'm laughing...that would be a bit Star Wars, wouldn't it?
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>Which implies no..but it could mean that she' s trying to throw us off the
>trail..or it could mean..well..
>It could mean anything actually...make of it what you will.
>laura

I have personally never understood this theory.  As much as I don't like 
theories which involve predestination and the like, I think that there 
is something in the Godric Gryffindor/Salazar Slytherin rivalry.

Anyway, I do believe that James was an orphan, although how soon he 
became an orphan, I am not sure.  My own pet theory is that all of the 
Potters were disposed of by Voldemort.  The reason?  I find the wording 
Sirius uses about Pettigrew  in PoA interesting:

"ready to strike the moment he could be sure of allies...to deliver the 
last Potter to them."

The "last Potter", meaning Harry.  Not just "Harry", but the last 
Potter.  Why?

Catherine