Are Harry and Voldemort related through the Peverells?
Table of Contents
- 1 Are Harry and Voldemort related through the Peverells?
- 2 Is Ignotus Peverell related to Slytherin?
- 3 How is Harry Potter related to Salazar Slytherin?
- 4 Are Tom Riddle and Harry Potter cousins?
- 5 Is Voldemort related to Harry Potter?
- 6 Is Harry Potter a descendant of Slytherin?
- 7 Is Marvolo Gaunt related to Voldemort?
Voldemort & Harry Potter J.K. Rowling spoke about Harry and Voldemort’s link at a Bloomsbury Live Chat in 2007, saying: ‘Yes, Harry and Voldemort are distantly related through the Peverells. As was made clear in Deathly Hallows, Peverell blood would run through many wizarding families.
If I’m not mistaken the Peverell Brothers claimed to be related to Slytherin, and Harry is a descendant of Ignotus but he is not related to Slytherin.
Who was related to the Peverells?
Early history. The Peverell brothers, Antioch, Cadmus, and Ignotus, are believed by some to be the subjects of the wizarding legend, “The Tale of the Three Brothers.” Each possessed one of the Deathly Hallows; Antioch: the Elder Wand, Cadmus: the Resurrection Stone, and Ignotus: the Cloak of Invisibility.
Although it was briefly speculated in The Chamber of Secrets, Harry is not, in fact, a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin, though he is still distantly related to him; Voldemort is descended from Slytherin and the second Peverell brother, while Harry is a descendant of the third.
Are Tom Riddle and Harry Potter cousins?
Marvolo Gaunt was the father of Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort’s grandfather, which is why Voldemort acquired the ring/resurrection stone and turned it into a horcrux. This means that Harry Potter and Voldemort are (very) distant cousins due to their links to the Peverell brothers.
Is James Potter related to the Peverell?
The Potters are officially connected to the Peverells, the three brothers believed to be the original possessors of the Deathly Hallows.
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Is Harry Potter a descendant of Slytherin?
It is very unlikely that Harry is a descendant of Slytherin. Suppose Cadmus Peverell married someone from the Gaunt family and their lineage produced Marvolo Gaunt and thus Merope Gaunt, Voldemort could now be related to both the Peverells and Salazar Slytherin.
Are the Gaunts related to the Slytherin family?
Well, the House of Gaunt are descendants of both the Peverell and Slytherin family, specifically of Cadmus Peverell and Salazar Slytherin. Marvolo Gaunt was the father of Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort’s grandfather, which is why Voldemort acquired the ring/resurrection stone and turned it into a horcrux.
Marvolo Gaunt was the father of Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort’s grandfather, which is why Voldemort acquired the ring/resurrection stone and turned it into a horcrux. This means that Harry Potter and Voldemort are (very) distant cousins due to their links to the Peverell brothers.