Lily Potter's Name/Evans is Welsh

[karenoc1]

No: HPFGUIDX 44047

Hi!  I'm sure this must have been mentioned before, but "Evans" is a 
Welsh name.  Do most of us connect Wales with King Arthur?  And if 
so, what are the implications?  Or am I just reading too far into the 
name?

I've always been torn between a) connecting Lily's heritage to 
ancient magic, and b) believing that Lily is simply the first witch 
from a long, long line of Muggles.  In many ways, I like better the 
idea that Lily was deeply magical and Muggle-born.  Like Hermione, 
Lily proves the point that it just does not matter who your parents 
were or from where you came.  But Lily invoked ancient magic to 
protect Harry, as apparently did Dumbledore when he placed Harry with 
the Dursleys, with his family.  I believe she could do this because 
she was powerfully magical; would she necessarily need to be 
descended from ancient magical people to do this?  

 Are Harry's connections to ancient wizards only through James?  (For 
example, if Lily were descended from King Arthur, she could be 
connected to ancient magic and still come from a line of Muggles.)  
Maybe I'm just way too far out there!  But what would a King 
Arthur/Merlin connection add to or detract from Lily's (and 
consequently, Harry's) storyline? 

"karenoc1"