Is Snape Riddle's Nephew?

[jr_pumpkin]

No: HPFGUIDX 169931

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hagrid" <aussie_lol at ...> wrote:
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>  aussie: 
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> 
> Eileen Prince had "heavy brows". She was very gifted with Potion 
> making, as proved by the book that was passed onto Severus. 
> 

jr_pumpkin:

(I teach school, and have just gotten done, so now I FINALLY have time
to reread the books, and am still in PS/SS.  So,......)



Maybe it has been too long since I read the book, but I don't remember
HBP saying the potion book was Eileen's.  I vaguely remember Hermione
guessing that the 'girly' writing may have been hers, but I could have
dreamed that!!!   :)

aussie:
> What if Merope had TWINS !!! Tom and Eileen.
> 
> Eileen may have been adopted out as a baby, and no word of her was 
> given to Tom since he was hard enough to handle in the orphanage 
> already. The woman who talked to Dumbledore was distraught while 
> talking anything about Tom Riddle, so Dumbledore could have easily 
> missed signals that there was a twin sister.
> 
>
jr_pumpkin again:

While I am glad to see a new theory, I think this may be a little too
Star Wars-ish.  JKR may be using an 'adventure story planning guide'
(Hero with good friends/sidekicks, mentors dying left and right,
struggling with the bad side of himself, etc.) but I haven't noticed
any story lines that are almost EXACTLY like others.  This is JMO,
though.  And I can't possibly have seen and read as much as this whole
community either.  So, please let me know If I am way off base here. ;)


Off to lurkville,
jr_pumpkin