Family Ties

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 121947


 
> Tonks:
> 
> You are right. I wasn't thinking. Just can't figure out how it is 
> that Tom Riddle, James Potter and Harry all look so much alike. 
> Harry and James, of course, because they are father and son. But 
> Tom???
> 

Potioncat:
I don't know if this is the direction JKR is going in.  Afterall, we 
have a number of wizards who seem to look alike but are really in a 
category.  Tom, James, Harry, Sirius, Severus and Minerva all fall 
into the Black-haired wizards.  Lily, DD, the Weasleys all fall into 
the Red-haired group (Assuming you consider fire-red and auburn in 
the same family)

But we are told that James Harry and Tom look alike. So, how about 
this: James and Tom's mother have an ancestor in common. Tom's 
mother gets her "Salazar connection" through the line they don't 
share. That could be one reason we've never told her name. She could 
easily be a Potter.
Potioncat