Voldemort and Harry related?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 182519

---  "dukelover_0890" <dukelover_0890 at ...> wrote:
>
> I was thinking that Harry and Voldemort were related through the
> brothers of the Deathly Hollows. The stone was passed down to the
> Gaunts and the cloak was passed down to Harry. Since it went through
> the family, doesn't that make them related in a far kinda sorta way.
> 
> dukelover_0890
>

bboyminn:

Who you are related to is a very complex thing. Hillary Clinton
is related to Angalina Jolie, and I think Barack Obama is 
related to Brad Pit, or some other equally absurd combination
like that. I personally can trace my ancestry back to Lyman
Hall, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independance and
the first governor of Georgia. Though, trust me, it is a 
very convoluted path.

We know that Harry is related to the Peverell's and Gaunt (Tom
Riddle's mother) is related to the Peverell, but you will 
notice that neither Harry or Tom are named Peverell or 
Slytherin. So we must assume that some where along the way,
whatever lineage there is has passed to the mother's side. 

So, while both Potter and Gaunt must have somewhere along the
way have had some hereditary rights, we do not necessarily
know that their is a direct 'blood' path. In other words,
both Potter and Gaunt may be 'in-laws', but not blood related.

As a side note, I would like to say that while I am mostly
Norwegian, a family member has recently trace my father's
side back to Gravesend, Kent, England (1628). 

Steve/bboyminn