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No: HPFGUIDX 56609

> The Other Mrs. Weasley:

> It says in the first chapter that the Riddle family were all 
> killed...well, at least in the Muggle's eyes.  They just died for 
no 
> apparent reason.  Since  Tom Riddle was an only child, who 
> becomes "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", how is it that as Voldemort he 
> is able to kill James and Lily Potter?  Did he not actually die?  
> Was he just petrified along with his parents?  Anyone have any 
> insight to this?  Maybe there's an explanation further along in 
the 
> book, that I have forgotten about!
> 
> Thanks!
> 

It's a common misunderstanding... The house in Little Hangleton is 
Voldemort's granparents' house, where V's father went to live after 
abandoning V's pregnant mother.  V killed his own father and 
grandparents in revenge.       Hope that clears it up!
~ Diane