Tom Riddle's Origins and Where Voldemort did his Killing

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No: HPFGUIDX 57362

Lissa wrote:

> I believe Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley may be Tom Riddle's 
> biological parents.

Now me:

Off the top of my head, I can think of two quotes from canon that 
don't support this theory:

Dumbledore to Harry (Ch. 18 Of CoS): "...Lord Voldemort – who is the 
last remaining descendant of Salazar Slytherin – "

If Harry and Ginny were Voldemort's parents, one or the other would 
have to also be a descendant of Slytherin, and Dumbledore wouldn't 
have been able to make this statement.

Ch. 1 Of PoA:  "Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and their son, Dudley, 
were Harry's only living relatives."

Voldemort didn't make this list of Harry's "only living relatives." 

The "other" Mrs. Weasley asked:

> Was LV killing just those in Britain?

Now me:

In an October 2000 Scholastic interview, JKR was asked:

Q: "How does the Dark Lord affect American wizards and witches?"

JKR: "He affects everyone, but his plan is European domination first."

And the link:  
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm

~Phyllis