[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and the Phoenix

[heidit at netbox.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 43531

In a message dated 9/3/2002 5:20:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
pen at pensnest.co.uk writes: 
> In this 
> tradition, it would be reasonable for those descended from Godric 
> Gryffindor's daughters not to be in the running for the 'Heir of 
> Gryffindor' tag.


Would that be feasible even if we've seen that on the Slytherin line, the 
descent goes through Tom Riddle's mother? It's something not unheard of in 
British history  - didn't Henry Tudor claim the throne by dint of lineage on 
both parents' sides? - or are you just saying that a woman can't be the 
"heir" but her son can be? Or are you saying that having a daughter ends the 
line in that particular branch of the family tree?

heidi


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