[HPforGrownups] How can the DEs not know...

[Cassy Ferris]

No: HPFGUIDX 171341

2007/7/5, Tandra <tkjones9 at yahoo.com>:

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>  When they met him at Hogwarts wouldn't they have know there was no
>  pure blood Riddle family? (the same thing goes for Snape....wouldn't
>  they have known he was a half-blood too?) But granted there has to be
>  A LOT of half-blood DEs no? I mean there are only but a few
>  pure-bloods left.


Cassy:

Well, I'm not quite sure about Snape, but Tom could just as well
pretended to be pure-blood. I mean, his peer would surely know that he
lived in Muggle orphanage, seeing him spending summer holidays there,
but Tom could have invented a story about a late wizarding father from
some dying out pure-blood family. After all, there must be other
ancient families, which were degradating and being forgotten, just
like Merope's.