[HPforGrownups] What year was Voldemort born?

[Dom McDermott]

No: HPFGUIDX 50721

Harriet:

> I recently visited a website, which had a quiz about various
> characters in the Harry Potter books.  In the quiz about Voldemort,
> one of the questions was; 'what year was Voldemort born?"  The
> choices they gave were:
>
> a. 1925
> b. 1927
> c. 1930
>
> I think it's 1926.  Now, my math never was my best subject in school
> but here's how I came to my conclusion...
>

I believe Voldemort entered Hogwarts in 1938 (popular question in Quidditch
Trivia - don't ask) meaning that he would have been born 11 years before
that, ie: 1927
I really can't back this up with anything canon, but that's the answer I
believe to be correct...

Dom