Who knows? DD knows, that's who.

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No: HPFGUIDX 117844


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "confusinglyso" <pjcousins at b...> wrote:
> 
> Why did Voldemort see himself in Harry ?
> Chamber of Secrets, Tom Riddle comments on Harry's
> likeness to himself.
> Throughout the books we are reminded how alike Harry is
> to his dad, James Potter.
> Therefore James Potter and Tom Riddle must have been alike.
> James Potter defied Voldemort 3 times and so must have been
> known to Voldemort.
> 
> Would this reasoning explain why TR!LV chose Harry ?
> Is there a family connection ?
> Could a family connection, putting a bit of Voldemort in Harry,
> support Iris and Kneasy above ?
> 
> Phil, first post in a long while.


Welcome back.
Family connection: it'd  be neat if it was so.
You know, I never did like the name Potter for an old wizarding 
family. Seems very out of place amongst the descriptive Black or
Malfoy and the frankly weird like Diggle and Dumbledore. I've
wondered before if it could  be a pseudonym or the result of
a name change to disassociate one branch of the  family from
despised  relatives.

It'd have to be back a couple of generations though; that's the
only way I could see JKR sliding past "the only relatives" restriction.
If it happened far enough back  it wouldn't count. Second cousin,
twice removed, sort of thing.

Then there's the "last descendant of Slytherin" obstacle. Might get
round that by linking the Potters or Evans to the Riddles, Tom's
fathers side rather than the Slytherin maternal line. And Riddle
would make a good wizarding name despite Tom's referral to them
as Muggles.It'd also fit Jo's love of punning names -  the riddle of
the Riddles. I like it.

But there's no doubt Jo shows interest in families and bloodlines.
In one  form or another there're references in almost every book, the
'pureblood' division being the most obvious. 

Hm. Worth thinking about.

Kneasy