20 Facts Every Harry Potter Super-Nerd Should Know
2. Harry And Voldemort Are Blood Relatives
Particularly diligent readers will have noted this already, but when considering the Tale of the Three Brothers and the information we have on the Riddle and Potter genealogies, it becomes clear that Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort are, however distantly, related through blood, specifically through the Peverells. Its assumed that the Deathly Hallows the wand, the ring, and the cloak were passed down through the Peverell family lineage: now, as the cloak belonged to Harry, which was given to him by his father, its fairly safe to say that the Potters are distant descendants of Ignotus Peverell. Similarly, the Resurrection Stone fell into the hands of the Gaunts Voldemorts moms side of the family which implies that Voldemort is descended from the Peverell brothers as well, later confirmed by Rowling as true. This adds yet another layer of significance and parallelism between Harry and Voldemort, who are already connected by many facets of their story, such as their shared wand core.
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Particularly diligent readers will have noted this already, but when considering the Tale of the Three Brothers and the information we have on the Riddle and Potter genealogies, it becomes clear that Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort are, however distantly, related through blood, specifically through the Peverells. Its assumed that the Deathly Hallows the wand, the ring, and the cloak were passed down through the Peverell family lineage: now, as the cloak belonged to Harry, which was given to him by his father, its fairly safe to say that the Potters are distant descendants of Ignotus Peverell. Similarly, the Resurrection Stone fell into the hands of the Gaunts Voldemorts moms side of the family which implies that Voldemort is descended from the Peverell brothers as well, later confirmed by Rowling as true. This adds yet another layer of significance and parallelism between Harry and Voldemort, who are already connected by many facets of their story, such as their shared wand core.