Heirs

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Another senseless babble from me.

People have already said: "Harry is the heir of Gryffindor." Case closed. Without a doubt. This is pretty obvious, and if it wasn't the truth I'd probably be shocked. But we have other things to consider before deciding for sure.

Harry survived against He Who Mustn't Be Named. Could this mean that Harry is the most powerful wizard alive? Quite possibly! In the past there lived 4 powerful wizards; the same 4 wizards that founded the 4 different houses of Hogwarts...

Now, the question I'm putting for right now, is what if Harry were the heir of all 4 of of these houses... his family bloodline running through each of them at some point or another.

Would this make Harry more powerful? More powerful than voldemort? Being the heir of 4 of the most powerful wizards that ever lived?

Discuss.

Interesting theory. I do believe that Harry is the heir of Gryffindor, but I also believe that he is also related to Dumbledore, sot that is where his power originates. I think Harry will be the most powerful wizard of his generation, after Dumbledore dies.

Interesting theory Grant. I believe that Harry is both the heir of Gryffindor and a descendent of Dumbledore. It is from Dumbledore that the power originates.

maybe from dumbledore's side of the family he's a descendant from Gryffindor (if dumbledore is a Gryffindor...) but what about the other sides of the family? Dumbledore didn't just create a kid out of dirt...

Hmm... then again, I guess he could have

I think Dumbledore is most certainly a Gryffindor. Dumbledore does a real clap when Harry is sorted into the house.

Well, he could have been a Ravenclaw. He's pretty smart

But he's most probably a Gryffindor.

I thought in the beginning of book one, Hermione said that Dumbledore was a Gryffindor. I could be wrong, but that's what I thought. I'm going to go check!

Yeah, they are on the train when she says it.

I don't think that Harry is related to Dumbledore. Why would he be places with the Dursleys if Dumbledore was family too.

lol heather i looked that up too when i first read the posts, even before i got to yours , dumbledore was in gryffindor,.great minds think alike!

honestly i dont think harry is the heir of slytherin, and he wouldnt need to be. He's got all of the heirs powers because lord voldemort transfered them to harry when he gave him the scar, but i could definetly buy into him being heirs of all the other houses. As for a relation to dumbledore, i think theres points against it and for it.... i am almost positive i remember JKR saying herself that if harry were related to dumbledore, then why would he be with the dursleys? but i dont know .. then again the connection between the two of them is very close and suspicious, however i feel that dumbledore simply loves harry because he reminds him of himself, and is like the son he never had... also because he knows that harry will probably one day defeat voldemort, somone who dumbledore really has been working against even since tom riddle was around at hogwarts i suppose. It's almost like he knows harry will carry out the goal that he himself has worked so hard for.

I just wish we knew a little bit more about James and Lily. Will their stories be told in book 6?

yea most likely , if not positively by the end of the 7th we will know the whole story of harrys past and family.

If harry did have heirs as family members though, they would most likely have been on Jame's side.

I think that they descended from Gryffindor on the Potter side as well. Petunia is all muggle.

This is an intersting theory. I have speculated about it in the past (in my mind of course), and I think it just might be true. There are many things we still don't know about Harry's heritage.

M.

I think the fact that he pulled out Godric Gryffindor's sword out of the sorting hat and the fact that his parents lived in Godric Hollow point to a connection.

No, I meant the theory that he is the heir of all four. We know he is the heir of Gryffindor and has Slytherin's powers of course.

M.

But they stated in COS that Voldemort was the last living heir of Slytherin.

Well, Harry will have to be the adopted heir. Trust Voldy with ingenious ways to make sure someone inherits his powers, since he is too ugly to marry now.

M.

Bellatrix would have him in a second. I just don't think Voldemort cares for anyone other than his strange snake Nagini.

I wonder if he will have half-snake children?


M.

No clue, but I do hope he gives Nagini a nice big rat to eat.

What if the 'rat' eats Nagini with salt and pepper instead? I would like to see someone make a nice juicy snake stew.

M.

OK, we let Nagini get her rat, then Moody can make snake stew out of her.

OOOH! The Potters lived in "Godric" Hollow. I never caught that one! Good job!

I feel like a detective!

I think nagini and scabbers should have a snack together! Scabbers would make a great meal!

I think Harry might be related to the Wealeys.... it says that the wizarding families are intermarried to stay alive... harry could be related to the malfoys for all we know

Didn't Lily Potter have red hair?

I think, at this point, if no one has told Harry he has any other surviving relatives other than the Dursleys, then he doesn't have any. I don't think he's related to anyone, including DD.

Right so we know that Voldemort is Slytherins heir and we assume, with educated guesses, that Harry is Griffindors heir so that leaves Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

If Hermione was muggleborn I would be tempted to say that she was Ravenclaws heir. Of course there is always the usual fanfiction tactic of saying that her parents and grandparents was squibs decended from Ravenclaw but that is highly unlikely.

I think therefore that Ravenclaws heir is either somebody we havent seen in the stories yet or is someone totally unexpected like.......Luna Lovegood or Neville Longbottom.

I would also be tempted to say that Neville would be the Hufflepuff heir but his personality traits seem to come from the way he was raised rather than his own beliefs as when given the freedom to make his own choices he tends to act in more with Griffendorish tendancies than Hufflepuff thendacies.

Again I would assume that it would be the obvious answer of Neville, someone we dont know of yet or someone unexpected.

So basically my idears lead me to the conclusion that I have no idea of who the heirs of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are and the only reason I know about Slytherin and Griffindors heirs is because they seem obvious