[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and the Phoenix

[Pen Robinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 43567


On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 10:30 , heidit at netbox.com wrote:

> 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?
>

No, not really.  Just pointing out that there is a 'fantasy tradition' 
of single line son-to-son descent for the 'Heir', which doesn't 
necessarily apply in the real world.  I mean, descent is descent, 
whether in the male line or the female.  Eloise has answered the point 
about Henry Tudor better than I can!
Pen