Foreshadowing Clues in CoS

[corinthum <kkearney@students.miami.edu>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52883

Greg wrote:

> A significant clue, in my opinion, is that when Harry first hears 
> Riddle's name, when he finds the diary:
> 
> "And
> while Harry was sure he had never heard the name T. M. Riddle
before, 
> it still seemed to
> mean something to him, almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd
had 
> when he was very
> small, and had half forgotten. But this was absurd."
> 
> Many, many other times, we have seen that Harry has sub-concious 
> memories of his past.  In the beginning of SS/PS, Harry has a dream 
> about a flying Motorcycle.  We also know that he has some memory of 
> the flash of green light that cursed him.
> 
> Perhaps Riddle was a common name around the Potter house.  Or the 
> Dursley's.

And Maria commented:

...

> What supports this is the fact that Voldemort seems to be very
proud 
> to be Slytherin's descendant, which makes it likely that he'd want
to 
> have children himself. this, in turn, could imply that he was once 
> married... to James' aunt? his great-aunt? 
> 
> I don't necessarily believe all this, I just think it could be 
> possible. What I certainly *don't* belive in is the existence of a 
> blood relation between Voldemort and Harry.

Now me:

Maria touched on something I've been pondering for a while.  According
to the rough timeline, Voldemort is about 60 now.  He graduated from
Hogwarts about 50 years ago and reappeared on the scene as Evil
Overlord perhaps 20 years before the books.  Which leaves a good 30
years unaccounted for.  He spent this time undergoing his dark
tranformations, but what else?  Does he have any children?  If so,
they would be somewhere around the age of 25, give or take a few
years.  Probably too young to have effectively supported either side
during the first Voldemort reign, but ideal to play a role this time
around.  

Just thinking.  :)

-Corinth