[HPforGrownups] HBP Theories: Snape's Parents

[Katherine Coble]

No: HPFGUIDX 133408


On Jul 19, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Kathryn Jones wrote:
>
>  If any of you have lasted through this, what really bothers me is
>  Snape's family. His mother was a witch and his father a muggle.  How 
> do
>  we reconcile this with Snape's pride in his family.  <snip> The 
> similarities between
>  Harry, Voldemort and Snape have been increasing throughout the books.
>

I usually dislike the "Luke, I am your father" theories that swirl 
around the HP series, but after this book I've increasingly wondered if 
Tom Riddle Jr. and Eileen Prince didn't have some type of ongoing 
relationship.  I'm currently of the mind that perhaps it is possible 
that Snape knew Voldemort  when Snape was a young boy.

I can't think of any other reason, other than a red-herring for HBP 
that JKR would have pointed out the time period in which Eileen Prince 
attended Hogwarts.  She was obviously there at the same time as TRJr.  
Perhaps she was either used by him to further his own aims, or was one 
of his early friends.

Katherine


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