[HPforGrownups] Re: Tom's parents (was: JKR's best interview)

[lissbell at colfax.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 75393

Hi evangelina,

Lissa wrote:
 >>I still believe Harry and Ginny are Tom's parents. (foolish &
 >> stubborn grin)


evangelina839 wrote:
 > So Ginny is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin? Tom Riddle said he was
 > related to
 > him (SS) on his mother's side... Yep, that's all I had to say, and it
 > seems that even you
 > would be surprised by that small amount of objections. :)


Lissa replied:
I don't have any objection to the Weasleys being descended from 
Slytherin, but I don't have any reason to believe they are.  (And 
someone has been doing a good job of persuading me that they're 
descended from Godric Gryffindor.)  I assume Harry is the one from whom 
TMR received his Slytherin blood.  Why?  Because the whole purpose of 
CoS, at least as it appears to me, is to suggest there is some blood 
connection between Harry and Slytherin and between Harry and Tom M 
Riddle.  These links seem to be negated by Dumbledore's words at the end 
of the novel, but if you read them very carefully, he goes out of his 
way to *suggest* that Harry is not related to either of them, but he 
never states it.

Since Tom Marvolo Riddle believes he is a descendant of Slytherin (and 
his ability to speak parseltongue backs this up) it was logical for him 
to assume his mother was the one from whom he received his Slytherin 
genes.  He does, after all, believe Tom Riddle Sr--a muggle for whom TMR 
has *enormous* contempt--is his biological father.  In my opinion, Tom 
is mistaken.  Like many arrogant villains in popular fiction, Voldemort 
makes assumptions that turn out to be wrong and cost him dearly.

But yes, I do know how absurd this all sounds.

Hope your headache gets better. And I hope my ridiculous theorizing 
didn't contribute to it.  While I'm sincere in my statements, I mean 
this all in fun.  Do take care. :)

Best Wishes,
Lissa