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[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88342

Rai-chan wrote: 

> The Weasley might be a descendant of Slytherin. Not direct but a
distant descendant because the Weasley's are purebloods, right? 

Carol: 
They can't be heirs of Slytherin because Tom Riddle was the last
descendant (through his muggle-born mother). Also, as you say, the
Weasleys are purebloods. If they were descended from Salazar Slytherin
through another branch of the Slytherin family that didn't intermarry
with Muggles, that descent would be reflected in their genealogical
records and known to all the pureblood families. Dumbledore would know
it as well. Since he doesn't have any such information, we can safely
assume that Voldemort is the last of the Slytherin line.

Carol