Snape related to Harry's parents? I don't think so

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"mlle_bienvenu" said:
<<I also believe that he wears sun blocking contact lenses, which is 
why his eyes are described as 'beetle black, but with none of the 
warmth of Hagrid's' (or something similar) This is where my other 
pet theory kicks in. I just can't help it! The other pet theory I 
have is that Snape's eyes are actually...wait for it....green! And 
that he is Jame's brother and he has reasons for not telling Harry 
he's his uncle... OR that they are green and LV doesn't know that 
(because he has problems with overlooking simple details.)>>

Now me:
Is James' eye colour mentioned in canon?  I personally don't recall 
it, but if you have a reference to it, feel free to prove me wrong.  
Isn't it Lily's eyes that were green? 

As Harry sees her the the Mirror of Erised (p153 UK version):

"She was a very pretty woman.  She had dark red hair and her eyes - 
her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought, edging a little closer 
to the glass.  Bright green - exactly the same shape......The tall, 
thin, black-haired man standing next to her put his arm around her.  
He wore glasses, and his hair was very untidy.  It stuck up at the 
back, just like Harry's did."

By the way, i don't think the Snape Potter or Snape Evans is 
plausible anyway: other than the dark hair, he has little in common 
with James, and for them to be in the same year at Hogwarts, they 
would probably have to be twins, even if not identical, they would 
bear more of a resemblance to each other than they do.  He also 
looks nothing like Lily, the hair and eyes are different, and the 
fact that they would almost definitely have to be twins to be in the 
same year at Hogwarts also applies here (plus there are all 
the "Snape loved Lily" theories around, and I don't quite think JKR 
would right about an incenstuous relationship in a children's 
novel).  

I think it's just too improbable, and indeed, impossible, for Snape 
to be closely related to either Lily or James

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Katie