Harry- heir of Slytherin?

[hawkfalco]

No: HPFGUIDX 97971

stacya14 wrote:

(respectfully snipped)

>...all of a sudden a 
> thought hit me: surely Harry must be an heir of Slytherin.  How 
else 
> would he be able to open the chamber?  

> But enough about what I think. What do you think? I'm 
interested to 
> hear arguments for or against what I've said!
 


I respond:

Like you I wondered at the possible blood connection, no matter 
how remote, between Harry and Tom and what that could mean 
to the story. It would be an interesting and dark twist to have 
these two powerful opposing wizards connected through 
Salazar's bloodline.

Alas, my hopes were dashed when rereading Chamber of 
Secrets last week. In chapter 18 `Dobby's Reward'
Dumbledore 
tells Harry,"You can speak Parseltongue, Harry, because Lord 
Voldemort- who is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar 
Slytherin- can speak Parseltongue." 

*sigh* My theory dashed. I figure if anyone is to know such things 
it would be Dumbledore.  But I am still holding out for Harry 
being the heir of Gryffindor.

Oh, well. I am sure that JKR has many more far more interesting 
twists in store for us.

-Hawk