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

On 8/2/08, Maria <mariawang14@yahoo.ca> 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.


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