No, I don't think Harry was related to Salazar Slytherin. He was distantly related to Voldemort though, as they both were descendants of the Peverel brothers. And yeah, he lost the ability to speak parseltongue.

Aww, that's too bad.

I found out another question btw! xD I'm reading CoS now, and when you think about it, Voldemort must be like an old man? In CoS, when Harry was twelve, it was 50 years ago since the Chamber of Secrets was opened, and when this happened Tom Riddle was 16. So at that moment in CoS he was 66. And five years later he's duelling with Harry, he's 71. What I remember Voldemort isn't aging, but when did he make his horcruxes? And did he stop ageing directly after the first horcrux?
And this must also mean that Hagrid is 71 in DH, because he's in age with Voldemort, but he really looks like 45? And he's aging? xD

Actually, I believe JKR said, that Harry was glad to lose the ability. I guess sharing an ability with Voldemort never was a good thing in his eyes, even though Dumbledore had tried to tell him otherwise.

It seems like wizards and witches don't age like muggles do (which makes it very funny, that they come of age one year earlier than muggles). Dumbledore was something like 150 years old, and McGonagall must have been old, as she had a teacher for more than forty years, if I remember correctly.

Wasn't sure where else to put this, didn't wanna start a new thread just for it. But I think I've realized a tiny plot hole.

When Voldemort realizes Harry is hunting horcruxes, he thinks back about all his hiding places, and about the diadem, and of course has the arrogance to think that he alone had discovered the RoR of all of Hogwarts students, so it had to be safe. But think about it... when Voldy hid the diadem in there shortly after graduating, the room already had thousands of different object hidden away by former students, so that right there was an obvious sign that he wasn't the only student that had discovered it.

Hmm, good point. But then, Voldemort could be very short-sighted. Already as a sixteen-year-old, or more correctly, as a memory of his sixteen-year-old self, he forgot about how phoenix tears could heal wounds. And he went through all the trouble of making horcruxes, even turning one Hollow into a horcrux, when he could just have searched for the Hollows. As intelligent and powerful as he was, he had his weaknesses, which is why Harry could defeat him at last.

i would personally like to learn more about the department of mysteries. i think it would be very interesting to learn about all the different things that really go on there.. especially what was behind the door

I seem to have a myriad of questions
1. What happened to Umbridge after the war ended?
2. what happens with the Weasley family after the war ended?
3. does harry come back with the Dursleys?
4. what about the Malfoy family after the war, whether Lucius was not sent to Azkaban?
5. our three heroes are not in a condition not yet graduated. what do they do after the war ended?
6. with whom luna marry?
7. who is the wife of George Weasley?
8.whether neville never married then?
9. What harry, Ron and Hermione job?
10. whether Hagrid marry?
11. what happened to the Dursleys?
12. what petunia secret ?
13. what happened to kracher, whether he returned to serve harry?
14. when they get married?
15. what was done Draco Malfoy after the war?
if anyone can help answer my question

George Weasly married Angelina Johnson, if I remember that correctly.

Neville...I think, marries Hannah Abbot.

Yeah, it seems very weird, that "love" should be kept behind a closed door. And I also wonder about how that veil can kill people.

I've read she went to prison.

I don't think he lived with them anymore, but he supposedly kept somewhat in touch with Dudley.

Harry, Ron and Neville were given special permission to go into auror training. Harry became head auror. Ron also helped George with his store. Hermione took her NEWTs and became a lawyer.

You know, I've read his name, but I don't remember it now.

I assume he either he went back to Grimauld Place, or he stayed at Hogwarts.

Luna married Newt. He wrote the field guide.

She didn't marry Newt Scamander, but his grandson Rolf Scamander.

I have a question about this book. I read it twice and still don't get something.

It's about the Elder Wand.

How is Draco Malfoy the true owner of the Elder wand? I don't get it still. I need a crash course in HP for Dummies, please. Thanks!

^^ I'm pretty sure that it was because Draco disarmed Dumbledore, thus was the owner of the Elder Wand. I'm not positive, but yeah

That would be it.

I wonder why Harry didn't consider not returning to the Dursleys, especially after his "break-out" in the Chamber of Secrets. Dumbledore didn't tell him that it was necessary for him to return until book 5, if I remember correctly. So I just don't get why Harry never thought about spending the summers at the burrow - I bet the Weasleys would have been delighted to have him and it's not like there was anything worth going back for. Why did he just return to the Dursleys without questioning it at all? Did I miss anything there?

Another question: if creating a Horcrux only requires you to kill someone, why didn't Voldemort just keep creating them whenever he killed people - that would have made him more or less invincible!? My guess would be that you can only split your soul in so many pieces, but is there any information on that in the book?

1: I guess we can blame that on JKR always starting every book with Harry being miserable with the Dursleys, for the sake of some drama. Just be thankful that the poor kid didn't have to celebrate Christmas with them.

2: Yes, making seven horcruxes was already stretching way too far (which is also why Voldemort didn't look human anymore). And I also believe, that Voldemort only made a horcrux after very special killings.

The veil and Sirius arent really that important. :|