[HPforGrownups] Re: Adopted!Harry

[Odile Falaise]

No: HPFGUIDX 57724

Valky wrote:
<snip>
<<<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.>>>

And now me (Odile):

>From PS (UK) pp 61-62:

...said Hagrid darkly.  'There's not a single witch or
wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin. 
You-Know-Who was one.'
'Vol-- sorry -- You-Know-Who was at Hogwarts?' 
'Years an' years ago,' said Hagrid.
[end quote]

Then in CoS (UK) pp 183-184, we see that Tom Riddle
and (Rubeus) Hagrid are on a first-name basis. So, I
trust Hagrid when he says that TR/LV was indeed in
Slytherin.  

Odile, who will, one of these days, be able to
articulate why she doesn't buy the LV-is-Harry
theory... ^_~