Snape/Petunia Connection [was Snape's "Mind Set"]

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No: HPFGUIDX 44569

Carol Bainbridge wrote:
> A couple points here.  One, I think it is quite likely that if 
Snape is 
> related to Lily, it might not be general knowledge.  In an earlier 
post, I 
> had suggested that Snape's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Evans and 
that Mrs. 
> Evans died.  Before she died, though, she had a son they named 
> Perseus.  After she died, Mr. Evans, knowing the anti-Muggle 
feelings in 
> the wizard world, thought it would be best to give his son up to 
be raised 
> by wizards in the WW, but first changed his name so few people 
would know 
> his muggle connection.  Rearranging the letters in his son's name, 
he comes 
> up with Severus Snape.  Of course, Dumbledore probably knew about 
Snape's 
> real background, but not everyone would.  So why would Dumbledore 
say that 
> the Dursleys were Harry's only relatives, then?  Well, he 
doesn't.  And 
> that brings me to my second point.  What Dumbledore says is that 
the 
> Dursleys are Harry's only FAMILY left.  A minor, but significant 
> difference, IMO.  If Snape is single, he's hardly the person to 
provide a 
> family life for Harry.  Heck, maybe that's another reason Snape 
has the 
> love-hate relationship with Harry.  Maybe he had actually wanted 
to take 
> Harry in -- out of a sense of duty, of course -- but Dumbledore 
vetoed that 
> idea for a large number of reasons, one of which is his 
disposition.  I 
> also don't think Dumbledore knew what the Dursleys were like when 
he sent 
> Harry there to live.  While he knows a great deal about the WW 
(but not 
> everything), he can't possibly know as much about the Muggle 
world.  If 
> Lily was a wonderful person, what reason would Dumbledore have for 
thinking 
> his sister is as horrible as she was?  Sure, he could have checked 
it out, 
> but I'm guessing he was spending his time setting protections in 
place for 
> Harry.

An excellent theory, but I see one problem: Lily and James were the 
same age, which we know because someone (I think Hagrid, only a week 
until I get my canon back!) said that they were Head Boy and Girl 
the same year. Well, James was friends with Lupin, who was in the 
same year as Snape. So we are left to pretty much assume that Lily 
and Severus were the same age. So, how is it that they can be 
related in that way...unless they were twins? And Lily and Petunia 
are actually only haf-sisters? Though, what kind of genetics 
produces fraternal boy and girl twins where the boy has black hair, 
sallow skin, black eyes, a hooked nose, and a girl who has red hair 
and green eyes?

-Acire, who will check on her canon as soon as she gets home, after 
she gets a lecture from her cat, that is.