Adopted!Harry

[Monita]

No: HPFGUIDX 57715

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/12/2003 6:54:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:
> 
> > >>The only conclusion worthy of HP would be for 
> > >Harry to be Voldemort himself.<<
> > >
> > 
> > But how do you explain the fact that Harry was able to pull 
> > Gryffindor's sword from the Sorting Hat?  Remember, "only a true 
> > Gryffindor ..." etc.?
> > >
> > 
> >yup, that is a logical problem.  If Harry truly is the Heir of 
> Gryffindor(and he must be, since he was able to pull that sword out 
> of the hat, and the hat was brought to him in the first place, by 
> Fawkes, who I think was probably Godrick's phoenix -- right colors 
> and all that),then he can't be Voldemort -- unless Tom Riddle was a
> Gryffindor -- what colors was he wearing when Harry saw him? Has it 
> been stated clearly somewhere that V. was a Slytherin, or have we 
> just assumed it?  Curiouser and curiouser. . .

Me(Valky):
Checking my COS Uk edition printed in Australia, I couldn't find any 
reference to what Riddle was wearing in the Chamber of Secrets or The 
Diary memory. It mentions only that he is "taller than Harry" and 
has "jet black" hair. 
So......... apart form him having been "THe Heir of Slytherin" ,which 
I concede is quite significant, all we can do IS assume which house 
he was sorted to. 
The reason I believe this is because, to me, the canon is unclear on 
whether sorting is *dependent* on genealogical inheritance. THough it 
certainly defines a strong relationship between the two. 
IMO, it is far from incorrect to assume that Riddle was a Slyth, but 
it seems the series is left open for a possible revelation in that 
department.