[HPforGrownups] Re: Speculation on Tom Riddle's origins

[Lissa B]

No: HPFGUIDX 57372

> > --- Lissa wrote:
> >  < a long post that Harry Potter and Ginny
> > Weasley may be
> >  Tom Riddle's biological
> >  parents.

Valky wrote:
> I have long held the suspicion that the Voldemort story spans all
> known time in the wizarding world...

Lissa:
Dumbledore's 'last ancestor' comment made me wonder about this
briefly--especially since any reasonable editor should have caught the
misused word and asked JKR to correct it--but I hadn't entertained it as
a serious possibility until I read your response.  You may well be
right.  Very intriguing!


Valky:
> No, I did not err in my statement about the head of the Slytherin
> ancestry either. I think that Hermione insisting we all
> read 'Hogwarts a History' just once in our lifetimes is the big,
> seemingly inconsequential clue to the future of Harry Potter.
> THe ghost of the grey lady of Ravenclaw is the ghostly sadness to be
> revealed in future books.

Lissa:
Your theory fascinates me. I think the reason I'd never considered it
seriously--despite Dumbledore's use of 'ancestor'--is that I want to
believe Harry will triumph over Voldemort.  Voldemort escaping to the
ancient past would almost certainly preclude that.  Still, I think
there's a very good chance you're right.  I'll have to go back, re-read
and pay closer attention to the grey lady.  Thanks for giving me so much
to think about here.

~Lissa