Why did Voldemort die though he had Harry's blood?

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No: HPFGUIDX 177077

> 
> We all know that Harry did not die because his blood was running in
> Voldemort. That kept them connected. But then, when voldemort died,
> he still had Harry's blood. So, the thing which connected them was
> still there. So, how could he die?
> 
> nimisha
>
Was it the Blood connection that kept Harry from dying? I'm not sure 
of that.

The connection between Voldemort and Harry gets a little confusing as 
there are multiple strands to it. Initially they were connected by 
nothing. Then after Godric's Hollow Harry received protection from 
his mother's 'Blood sacrifice' but became a host to a 'bit' of 
Voldemorts soul. Voldemort was 'disembodied but did not die because 
his Horcruxes kept him 'anchored' to life. 

When Voldemort recreated his body he used Harry's blood. This then 
created a second strand of connnection betweem them, which protected 
Voldemort from the immediate effect of the blood protection, ie. he 
could now touch Harry without damage.

The destruction of the Horcruxes removed Voldemorts immortality. 
Dumbledore destroying the ring, Harry destroyed the diary, Rom and 
Hermione the Cup, the fiendfyre the Diadem, Neville the snake. 
Voldemort destroyed the bit in Harry but not Harry himself because 
the Elder wand would not kill its true master. The flaw in that 
argument though is that Dumbledore did not intend V to get the Elder 
wand nor could he forsee that the mastery of it would come to Harry. 
All along though Dumbledore was adamant that Harry must 'die' at V's 
hand.

So, was Harry's 'tie' to life the blood connection or possession 
of 'The Hallows'. I am still not sure, but tend to agree that if 
Harry's tie to life was solely the blood then it should work both 
ways and have tied V as well. In Kings Cross, Dumbledore says that 
Harry has a choice to return to life or 'catch a train'. He only 
seems to have that choice because he is 'whole'. Voldemort's soul has 
arrive there barely alive and apparently incapable of much at all, 
except to lie under a bench and whimper. Presumably all the other 
bits of his soul arrive in the afterlife in the same condition. 
Therefore after death he is incapable of exercising a choice to 
return (even though a 'tie to life' exists) as he is too mutilated to 
do so.

I enjoyed DH because it brought the series to it conclusion and 
initially answered my questions. But now, nearly two months later I 
have to admit a lot of lingering dissatisfaction with issues like 
this one that seem to have been a bit 'fudged'. So the short answer 
to your question is 'I don't know' and now I'm not sure JKR does 
either!

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