Some questions

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Snow wrote: 
> We are all aware that Harry has the same birth date as his creator, 
which I
> always contributed to the fact that this is her story but why was 
Voldemort
> born the day her mother died?


Kathy W:
Good catch. Chilling though. Well, erm, do we know which came first? 
One heck of a coincidence if she'd already set the date. In the most 
recent interview JKR says she understands LV's fear of death and his 
desire to conquer it. (Death, not the fear.) So did she set herself out 
with a nod to her own loss? Actually, by making it Tom Riddle's 
birthday, she's made his mother die on the same day her mother did.

Along that rather unpleasant thought. Did anyone else see a connection 
between DD's deterioration and JKR's mother's MS?