[HPforGrownups] Re: Heir of Slytherin

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 78540

Entropymail:
> > His mom, Lily, was in Slytherin House, wasn't she?

Dan:
> Nope! Well... maybe. We don't know--there's no canon I've ever, ever seen.
But she does have green
> eyes which is good enough for me, lol. (mumbles something about Lily being
the good non-Snape
> Slytherin he's been looking for)

Well, Harry has green eyes, and he's not in Slytherin. :)  Anyway, it's not
in the books, but JKR has confirmed in an interview that Lily was in
Gryffindor.  This was covered in the October 16, 2000 Scholsatic interview.
The exact quote is:

Question: "Which house was Lily Potter in, and what was her maiden name?"
JKR's answer: "Her maiden name was Evans, and she was in Gryffindor
(naturally)."

So I think that confirms it.  Anyway, this all ties in to the Lily related
to Voldemort/Riddle issue.  And while I think it's highly improbable for her
to be a descendent of Riddle (as he was the last remaining
descendent/whatever word your edition has :)of Voldemort, I still think she
could be related.  My own personal theory has Voldemort/Riddle having a
(half)sister --this one a full blood Muggle.  Who in turn married an Evans
and had two daughters--Lily and Petunia.  Nothing whatsoever to support
that, but I don't think there is anything to refute it either.  It would
make Voldemort Lily's uncle and Harry's great uncle.

Of course, the only way Harry could ever have been the heir of Slytherin is
if it is a chosen heir and not strictly by bloodlines, or else how could
Riddle have been the last descendent?  Still, if Slytherin was into the pure
blood thing, and Sirius said all pure bloods are related somehow, how could
the bloodline die out?

Richelle