Uncle Tom?

fireflyseason2 lydiafrench at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 04:50:10 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 166894

Ever since I was convinced by a paper on Mugglenet.com that Harry could
not, in fact be a Horcrux, I've had an idea brewing in my head. There
is no denying Tom Riddle/Voldemort and Harry Potter have many
similarities now. Both being Parseltongues, for example. However, we
have been led to assume it all came from/after Tom's attack on Harry.
But don't forget, Harry was an infant. We don't really know for certain
that Harry would not have been a parseltongue when he grew up even if
he hadn't been attacked. Same thing with the mental connection to a
certain degree. However, what we do know is that they both still would
have looked oddly alike as Tom himself mentions in COS. And so this
thought has been festering...
What if Harry and Tom are related? I'm thinking that perhaps Harry's
muggle mother's family and Tom's muggle father's side of the family
could be connected. Does anyone recall if the books mention the color
of Tom's father's eyes? A large point is made of the fact that Harry
has his mothers brilliant green eyes and even JKR has said that is
important. I'm thinking that if they were related by blood that could
also explain why Tom's curse on Harry back fired so badly. What do you
think?

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