[Harry Potter Official Club] Re: Quesion: Did Snape know Voldemort was a Half-blood named Tom Riddle?

John is completely right. Voldemort would've kept his geneology
secret. If his followers learned he was pureblood..... they'd die.

Now if you'll excuse me, I just finished a 10 mile hike with a 20+
pound backpack on my back, so I need to rest.

~Imarunescapian~

--- In harrypotterofficialclub@yahoogroups.com, "John Distazo"
<John.Distazo@...> wrote:
>
> On 8/2/08, Maria <mariawang14@...> wrote:
> > I'm writing this Severitus fic, and I was wondering.
> >
> > Did Snape know Voldemort was a Half-blood named Tom Riddle? If he
> > did, when did he find out. I don't recall any mention of Severus
> > knowing, but he is in the Order, and he is the precious spy for
the
> > light. It would makes sense if Dumbldore told him.
> >
> > Does it say if he did or did not anywhere in the book?
>
> Voldemort would have kept his origins as secret as he could. It's
possible
> he was behind the demolition of the orphanage (perhaps it was
destroyed one
> night under suspicious circumstances).
>
> It's also vague exactly what Snape knew about Voldemort. Dumbledore
didn't
> seem to include him much in his dealings with Harry for the first
few years
> Harry was at Hogwarts, although we know Snape was loyal to
Dumbledore (or at
> least, perhaps, commited to destroying Voldemort in revenge for
Lily's
> death) -- sort of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
>
> You could probably go with either situation being plausible -- that
Snape
> knew, somehow, of Voldemort's origins (not necessarily through
Dumbledore),
> or that he had no idea where the Dark Lord came from.
>
>
> John
>

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