New with a question!

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 56621

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "luv_lotr2" <luv_lotr2 at y...> 
wrote:
> What a great group! And so active! I am a mom of 5 (and hubby too). 
> My kids got me started reading HP.  We are all excited for The Order 
> of the Phoenix to get to the bookstores!
> 
> I've started to re-read book 4--The Goblet of Fire--and have a 
> question.
> 
> 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!
> 
> The Other Mrs. Weasley

Annemehr:
Hmm... Mrs. Weasley loves The Lord of the Rings, eh?
Welcome to the group!

And yes, this part has confused many of before.  Just go back to 
_Chamber_of Secrets_ where Riddle explains his name: it was Tom *after 
his father* and Marvolo *after his grandfather* (his maternal 
grandfather, we figure, although I don't think he actually says that).

Okay, so Voldemort was originally named Tom Marvolo Riddle.  And his 
father is a Tom Riddle.  The people who were killed in Little 
Hangleton were Tom Riddle (the father of TMR) and his parents (the 
grandparents of TMR).  The teenage boy seen by Frank Bryce that day 
may be assumed to be TMR himself, who did the killing.

Near the end of GoF, just before Wormtail ties Harry to the 
gravestone, Harry sees the name on it is Tom Riddle.  This is the 
grave from which Voldemort takes the "bone of the father" -- so it is 
further confirmation that the Tom Riddle killed was actually 
Voldemort's father, not Voldemort himself.

Hope it is clearer now.

Annemehr
also waiting for lotr3...