[HPforGrownups] Re: Cold case files - The Riddle Case

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 107049

From: mayeaux45 [mailto:mayeaux45 at yahoo.com]
| Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 23:00
| > Meri now:
| > <snip> What if young Tom revealed himself to his long-lost father
| > and grandparents before killing them? What if there was a sort of
| > confrontation, where Tom enters the house (or is let in by the
| > Riddles on false pretenses), says something along the lines of,
| > "Hey, Dad, I'm your long lost son, where the hell have you been for
| > the last seventeen years?" and then proceeds to have a little fun
| > with his wand and his hated Muggle family. <snip>
|
| O.K. some questions of mine seemed to have been answered with this
| particular post. It's been a while since I've read CoS...did JKR
| mention in the book that Tom's dad left his mother after he found
| out she was a witch. Because that would explain it! I didn't come
| to the conclusion by reading that chapter in GoF that the 3 Riddles
| were Tom's father and his grandparents....
| P.S. Maybe I should read CoS to find some more hidden
| clues...apparently I've missed something! :(

[Lee]:
Young Tom's mother had been abandoned by the father when he found out she
was a witch.  She also died after giving birth to Tom...lived long enough to
name him; that's how he ended up in the orphanage.

Therefore, the Riddles in question at the beginning of GOF would have been
Young Tom!Voldy's dad and grandparents.

Hope that helps. :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)