Riddle family

"*Nobody wasted their breath pretending to feel very sad about the death of Thomas and Evelyn Riddle, for they had been most unpopular. But they were highly upset to learn of Katara's death*"
— The town of Little Hangleton's reaction to the murders

## Family heritage

### Notable family members

* Thomas Riddle †
* Evelyn Riddle †
* Katara Riddle †
* Aisha Riddle (née Gaunt) †
* Marvolo Riddle

## Relationships

### Related families

* House of Gaunt
* House of Black
* Slytherin family
* Peverell family
* Potter family
* Prince-Slytherin Family

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Little Hangleton

**Riddle** was the surname of a wealthy Muggle family that lived in a manor house overlooking the village of Little Hangleton, of which they owned a great deal of. They lived fairly close to the wizarding House of Gaunt. Katara died in 1980, and she was twenty years old when her parents were killed in 1953.

## Family History

The Riddle family was a very old Muggle family who had been established in the area around the Hangleton villages for quite some time. The family was very wealthy and owned much of the village of Little Hangleton, ruling over their lands from the handsome and large Riddle House. However, later members were known to be snobbish, arrogant and rude. By 1943, the members of the Riddle family were generally disliked if not outright hated by the villagers that lived in the area. They were also hated by the members of the House of Gaunt, an ancient pure-blood wizarding family; the Gaunts loathed Muggles on principle, but Evelyn and her husband didn't endear themselves to the Gaunts by constantly mocking their poverty and mental instability.

### Katara and Aisha elope

"*The village of Little Hangleton enjoyed a tremendous scandal. You can imagine the gossip it caused when the squire's daughter ran off with the tramp's daughter, Aisha.*"
— Explanation on how Aisha was able to bewitch Katara Riddle

Around 1952, Katara had started to secretly develop feelings for Aisha. Also around this time, Aisha Gaunt began to have obsessive romantic feelings for her. When Castor Gaunt discovered this, he cursed Katara with hives. He did this in order to make her less appealing to his sister, as well as the general hatred of Muggles that he had.

The Gaunt men were arrested by the Ministry and were sentenced to a period in Azkaban. Afterwards, Aisha either dosed Katara with Love Potion or cast the Imperius Curse on her, thereby forcing her to marry her (Albus Dumbledore speculated that the former method was more likely). The scandal that erupted in the area was quite humiliating for the Riddles, though presumably delighted the villagers who despised them. When Aisha became pregnant, she ceased bewitching Katara, believing that she had come to genuinely love her, or would at least stay with her for the benefit of their child.

Thankfully, both of her hopes were proven correct and after having a serious discussion, with Katara confessing her feelings for Aisha, the couple formed a proper and loving relationship. Aisha eventually gave birth to their only child and son Marvolo Cadmus Riddle on 31 December, 1960.

## Family members

 Evelyn Riddle | 1900-1953
 Aisha Riddle (née Gaunt)
 Marvolo Cadmus Riddle | 31 December, 1960-alive