[HPforGrownups] Re: about those Evans girls' names

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 13547

Steve said:

<< My wife just made an interesting observation. She pointed out, when I
mentioned that Lily and Petunia's names were both flowers, that Malfoy's
mother's name is ALSO a flower (with a letter or two changed). Now wouldn't
it be interesting if Narcissa Malfoy's maiden name was also Evans... >>

Ellie said:

<Oh, wow. I never even thought about that! Do you mind if I add that to
"What's in a Name"?>

This has come up before, and I agree with Catlady, that JKR has used flower
names for different reasons.

The two things counting against the theory that Narcissa is related to Lily
and Petunia are:

(a)  Since Harry is identified as not being pureblood, it is most likely
that Lily was a witch in a family of Muggles, rather than Petunia being a
squib in a family of wizards (which would suggest that James Potter was of
non-wizard parentage).  Following this logic, Narcissa would have to be a
Muggle if she was Lily's 'other' sister.

(b) The Dursleys are meant to be Harry's only living relatives, which is why
he is forced to live with them.  If Narcissa is also his aunt and Petunia's
living sister, wouldn't we have heard about this?  Wouldn't the Dursleys
have tried to get Harry sent to live with the Malfoys?

Neil
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