The new questions, and Peverell

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 148620

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at ...> wrote:
> a_svirn:
> Peverells, or Peverels, or Peverils were the Norman family that 
> came with the Conqueror. They became the most influential magnates
> in Nottinghamshire in 12-13th centuries ... Now, Gaunt does also 
> have a very distinct royal ring to it. And that's strange, because
> we are told ad nauseum in HBP that there are no princes in the WW.
> Yet Voldemort's royal (if not quite legitimate) descent is being 
> hinted at. I wonder why.
>

bboyminn:

I don't think the wizard world has their OWN royalty. They are all, in
this case, citizens of Britain, and the muggle British Royalty would
also be their royalty. 

Further, I see no reason why a ramdon wizard or witch couldn't occur
in the many Royal families found in Europe across it's substantial
expanse of history.

So, being among the Royals doesn't eliminate the possibility that you
could also be a wizrds, just as being a wizard doesn't eliminate the
possibility of coming from one of many Royal families. It seems an
absurd exclusion. I think the two are irrelevant and completely
separated from each other; being one doesn't preclude the possibility
of being the other, nor does being one demand that you are the other.

On another point, the House of Gaunt is a royal house.

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 – February 3, 1399)
was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa
of Hainault.

John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings
Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. John of Gaunt's illegitimate
descendants, the Beauforts, later married into the House of Tudor,
which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt

Just a few minor points.

Steve/bboyminn