Let's pick at that prophecy a little more, shall we?

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 77670

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Donna" <deemarie1a at y...> 
> wrote:
> >> Sorry this post will be so short, but...
> > 
> > Being marked as an equal, could that possibly mean that there is 
a 
> > familial connection between Harry and Voldemort?  
> > 
> > Since "blood" is so important to Voldemort, wouldn't he think 
that 
> > someone in his own bloodline be more powerful than someone who 
> > wasn't?  
> > 
> >
> I wonder that too; and maybe that's why he didn't particularly want 
> to kill Lily.  Maybe she is a blood relation, and he preferred not 
> to kill "one of his own" if he could help it.
> 
> Wanda

I was thinking more along the line of Voldemort being a blood 
relation to James.  After all, James and Sirius were considered to be 
the most talented and strongest wizards at Hogwarts in their time.  
We know that Voldemort wasn't in Sirius' blood line.  He would have 
been listed on the tapestry.

Consider James, though.  We don't know anything about the witch who 
was Voldemort's mother.  Perhaps she was James' Aunt?  That would 
explain why Voldemort wasn't so interested in killing Lily.  Why 
should he bother?  But he did kill James.

Another support for the familial relationship between Harry and 
Voldemort are their wands.  Fawkes gave two feathers only.  The one 
in Voldemort's and the one in Harry's.  I think that is whu there was 
that reaction between the wands.  If you remember when Amos used his 
wand for Prior Incanto in the beginning of GoF there was no great 
reaction.  We know that wizards can use other people's wands.  But 
how well can they use them if there is no prior relationship with a 
family memeber.  Ron's first wand was a hand-me-down.

Something to think about.

D