another LV - Riddle question

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 98379

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miller, Gina (JIS)" 
<ginamiller at j...> wrote:

Gina: 
> >     Okay let me clarify - I know it is possible Tom could be 
related
> "heir"
> > of Slytherin, but why would SS RECOGNIZE a mudblood as his heir? 


Geoff:
But we've already said that he is NOT a mudblood, he is a half-blood. 
Let's have a look at canon....

'Riddle's face contorted. Then he forced it into an awful smile.
"So. Your mother died to save you. Yes, that's a powerful counter-
charm. I can see now - there is nothing special about you, after all. 
I wondered you see. Because there are strange likenesses betwen us, 
Harry Potter. Even you must have noticed. Bith half-bloods, orphans, 
raised by Muggles."'

(POA "The Heir of Slytherin" p.233 UK edition)

Gina:
> I was
> just curious about whether he is really the heir or not. Maybe 
Harry IS the
> heir and he needed Harry to come to that Chamber so he could try 
and kill
> him??? I do think Harry is related to Riddle in some way, but I 
have not
> made a connection yet.

Geoff:

Back to canon....

'He pulled Harry's wand from his pocket and began to trace it through 
the air, writing three shimmering words:
        TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
Then he waved the wand once and the letters of his name rearranged 
themselves:
        I AM LORD VOLDEMORT
"You see?" he whispered. "It was a name I was already using at 
Hogwarts, to my most intimate friends only of course. You think I was 
going to use my filthy Muggle father's name for ever? I, in whose 
veins runs the blood of Salazar Slytherin himself through my mother's 
side?.."'

(POA "The Heir of Slytherin" p.231 UK edition)

"Now, Harry, I'm going to teach you a little lesson. Let's match the 
powers of Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazar Slytherin, against famous 
Harry Potter and the best weapons Dumbledore can give him"

(POA "The Heir of Slytherin" p.233 UK edition)