[HPforGrownups] Re: The Catalyst to Riddles Motivation (was: Riddle's family)

[rvotaw at i-55.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 56749


bowlwoman wrote:

> The problem I have with this idea is that Dumbledore clearly states <BR>
> that Riddle/Voldemort is the last remaining descendant of Salazar <BR>
> Slytherin (well, it says ancestor in my copy, but I don't want to run <BR>
> that one through the wringer again). <BR>

I could actually believe that Dumbledore would lie if he thought it best that 
Harry didn't know something about his past.  IF (and it's a very big if) there 
is some connection between Riddle and Harry (as in relations) I think 
Dumbledore would have gone above and beyond the call of duty to keep it from 
Harry.  Harry was beginning to doubt his place in Gryffindor due to what the 
sorting hat said, and who knows what he'd have thought after Riddle's "we even 
look alike" speech if Dumbledore hadn't put a stop to those thoughts.  Suffice 
it to say, while it is in theory possible, I think it's extremely far fetched 
that Harry could be any relation to Voldemort.  And the closest my mind can 
conceive is Voldemort/Riddle being a great uncle to Harry.  (Though I've 
actually imagined it through the Potter side, not Evans.)  At any rate, if 
there were such a possibility Dumbledore would take extreme caution that Harry 
not find out about it--until he is ready.

Richelle

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