How Riddle Knew He Was A Descendant of Slytherin (WAS: Heir defined)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 58841

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phyllis" 
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:

> As to the question of how Tom Riddle Jr. found out that he was 
a  descendant of Slytherin - <

Tom probably found it very easy to break into the orphanage's 
records once he had learned a little magic. His mother's dying 
words could have been recorded there. Orphanages of the time 
were very interested to locate the orphans' families in hopes of  
making them pay support, though this information was never 
released to the child.  The orphanage might have kept this 
information even if they couldn't understand it.

There could have been all kinds of magical stuff stored in the 
Chamber itself. I very much doubt we've learned *all* the secrets.

Pippin