Descendents of the Peverells, WAS: Question: Cadmus Peverell & Voldermort

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 174556

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ma_vicsua" <ma_vicsua at ...> wrote:

<<<SNIP>>>

> I just finished reading Book 7 and am confused about how Marvolo
> Gaunt could have inherited the ring with the resurrection stone.
> 
> Cadmus Peverell is supposed to have lived alone. He used the
> resurrection stone to call back the girl he had once hoped to
> marry before her untimely death.
> 
> Did he have children with another woman? How did the stone end up
> in the ring of Marvolo Gaunt, grandfather of Riddle? Is Gaunt a
> descendant of Cadmus Peverell?
> Regards,
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> Victoria


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Katie:

I don't believe that it is said whether Marvolo Gaunt is a DIRECT 
descendant. He could be descended from one of the other Peverell 
brothers, or even another branch of the Peverell family, and the ring 
passed to him because they were the last remaining branch of the 
family. 

Although, I just brought up another question...If that's true, and the 
Gaunts are not directly descended from Cadmus, then the ring could 
easily have gone to the Potters...descendents of Ignotius. Hmmm....

Very interesting. Now there are two questions! Lol. Anyone else? Katie