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[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117412


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 

> As for finding out that he was the last descendent of Slytherin, that
> probably didn't take MUCH research -- if he knew his mother's maiden
> name, he could have looked it up in genealogy books in Hogwarts
> Library. If he didn't know his mother's maiden name, he could have
> found it out from someone who had known her or known of her -- someone
> who heard the name 'Tom Riddle' and said "That was the loathsome
> Muggle that dear Marvella fell in love with" or heard the name
> 'Marvolo' and asked: "Are you related to Marvolo Last-Blood?"

Finwitch:

You know, it's entirely possible that a SNAKE told him all that. We do
know that Tom Riddle was a Parselmouth, right? A Snake that witnessed
everything... and anyway, resourcefulness IS a Slytherin trait, so I
suppose young Tom did find out...

Finwitch