Owner of Riddle House - House of Mystery?

[festuco]

No: HPFGUIDX 148867

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Fiona <tiamat at ...> wrote:

> Fiona:
> 
> I got the impression from HBP that, when Merope gave birth to
Voldemort, 
> she was "in extremis" and didn't give much information to the orphanage 
> (workhouse?) about his parents (maternal or paternal).   If this is 
> right, his birth certificate wouldn't give details of parentage.

Gerry
But that would not matter. A bit of digging which the authorities
would have done, would have proven Tom was married to Merope. Merope's
death was also in the Muggle records, as was the birth of her son. So
he was born within a legal marriage and therefore the heir. 
> 

> So, although there could well be a Muggle marriage certificate for Tom 
> Snr and Merope, a birth certificate linking that marriage to the birth 
> of Tom Jnr would not exist, making his claim to the Riddle estate much 
> harder to prove. 

Gerry
Why? There is a birht certificate linking Tom Jr. to Merope. I don't
know about English law, but in Dutch law a birth when the parents are
maried is viewed as from that mariage no matter what is on a birth
certificate. 

 Of course, Voldemort could probably quite easily have 
> his birth certificate say anything he wanted, but he was so against 
> anything to do with his "filthy Muggle father", I doubt he would have 
> wanted the house anyway.

Well, he made it the place where he waited out his plans in GOF, so I
think he wanted it. Besides, he might not like his muggle father, he
is not the kind of person who would say no to a fortune. He probably
would have taken it as compensation for having a muggle father.

Gerry