Tom Riddle's Birth

[cmbrichards]

No: HPFGUIDX 83849

First of all I would like to say "hello". Have been reading all the 
posts, just not a lot of time to respond, but love the ideas yall have.
As far as LV finding out about his mom being a witch and his 
birthfather's name, it has occured to me that it is possible he knew 
nothing at all about it <just like with Harry> until his 11th 
birthday. His letter would have been addressed to him,  but if he had 
assumed another name, could it have been sent with both names on it?
Once he had the name, he could search through old courthouse 
records, newspapers, deeds, etc. to try and find his relatives. It is 
also possible that after he came into the wizarding world, his 
mothers family approached him or he approached them, with someone at 
the school actually having known his mother in her youth <possibly 
from her going to Hogwart's> giving him a brief history about his 
mother. At this point anything is possible though, and I could be WAY 
off.