[HPforGrownups] Riddle's family (was Re: New with a question!)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 56658

The Other Mrs. Weasley wrote:

> apparent reason.  Since  Tom Riddle was an only child, who 
> becomes "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", how is it that as Voldemort he 
> is able to kill James and Lily Potter?  Did he not actually die?  

Well, I think others have cleared that up, It was Riddle's muggle father and grandparents killed, not Voldemort/Riddle.  But that point aside, do we really know that Riddle was an only child?  First of all, we don't even know how he knows what he does about his mother.  She died when he was born.  It is feasibly possible that she had another child with a different father before she had Tom Riddle.  An older half brother/sister could have been sent to a separate muggle orphanage, or to a relative who could only take in one child, etc.  The child would have a different last name than Riddle, making it impossible for Tom Riddle to find without someone helping him.  Would he have wanted to wipe them out too?  For not taking him in?  So many questions, so few answers.

Richelle


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