Riddle = Slytherin?

[eiffelangel]

No: HPFGUIDX 84531

All pertinent quotes relating to my analysis:

"Forinstance, Slytherin / Took only pure-blood wizards / Of great 
cunning, just like him..." (OotP, pg. 205)

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" 'You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late father,' he 
hissed softly. 'A Muggle and a fool... very like your dear mother...' "
(GoF, pg. 646)

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" 'The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of 
Secrets'... 'But maybe you've got to be related to Slytherin [to open 
it]...' " (CoS, pgs. 151-2)

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If Slytherin took only pure-blooded wizards and Riddle was a 
half-blood, then why would he have been in Slytherin? It says that 
he was from Slytherin in PS/SS (I can't find the quote), but that 
was never confirmed by a credible source (i.e., someone old 
enough to remember and there, like a teacher)... at least, I don't 
remember there ever being a conformation. Please proove me 
wrong- I'm confused...

Many have suggested that Harry's green eyes could mean that 
he was related to Slytherin. If only the "Heir of Slytherin" can 
open/find the chamber, both of which only Harry and Riddle did, 
could that mean that Harry is also an Heir of Slytherin?

Riddle knows Harry's mother's lineage, and all evidence (that I've 
found) suggests that Riddle was already out of school when 
Harry's parents were attended Hogwarts. I'm guessing that 
lineage is not openly known (for instance, no one ever told Harry 
about someone's lineage unless they were siad person or knew 
them very well, i.e., Hagrid knowing Lily's lineage because they 
were in the OotP together). Perhaps he got to know Lily outside 
of Hogwarts? I'm not saying he fathered him or anything... after 
all, this isn't Star Wars...

I'm making no conjectures, I'm just confused by conflicting 
canon. (say that three times fast!)

Eiffelangel, Confused in California