Heir of Slytherin

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 78494

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
<entropymail at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bubbaqrib" 
<yankee_bubba at h...>
> wrote:
> > Has there been any evidence to say that Harry is not the heir of 
> > Slytherin?
> 
> As far as I know, the only evidence that Harry is not the heir of
> Slytherin is that Tom Riddle was able to open the Chamber of 
Secrets,
> proving that he (Voldemort) is the heir of Slytherin. That's 
assuming,
> of course, that there is only one heir of Slytherin.
> 
> I also believe Harry to be the heir of Gryffindor, for various 
reasons
> (his parents come from Godric Hollow, as in Godric Gryffindor, and
> numerous things that Dumbledore has said to Harry, such as "only a
> true Gryffindor could pull that out of the hat" after he get
> Gryffindor's sword from the sorting hat).  But is that to say that
> Harry can't be both the heir of Gryffindor and the heir of 
Slytherin?
>  His mom, Lily, was in Slytherin House, wasn't she?
> 
> Anyway, after the last book, I'm certainly intrigued to see what 
kind
> of role Neville will play in all of this.  Did Voldemort mess up 
when
> he tried to kill Harry? Should he have gone after Neville instead? 
Is
> he the true heir after all??

D says:

Sorry for the short reply, but didn't DD say that Tom Riddle was the 
last descendant of Slytherin?

D - who is in a major bout of insomnia, so forgive me if I am a 
little incoherent