Simple acronym for theory (was: Myrtle an Evans? )

Marci blackgold101 at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 15 18:40:36 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 77390

MYRTLE: Maybe You're Related To Lily Evans

I wrote:

> Ok, maybe she has already served her purpose and there really is 
> nothing more to her. But, what if there is more? A last name has 
> not been given yet (has it?) so could Moaning Myrtle be an Evans? 
> (Please correct me if I'm wrong and her last name has in fact been 
> mentioned.) My crude timeline makes this possible, BUT ONLY IF
> Myrtle was a FIRST YEAR when she died in 1942-43. This would mean 
> she was born in 1931. I feel that Petunia is 10 years older than 
> Lily, so Myrtle could have been 10 or more years older than 
Petunia. 
> It could hold true that the Evanses did not have another child 
until 
> after the first one, Myrtle, died. Yet, this one did not receive a 
> letter from Hogwarts. The youngest one, however, did. Could they 
> have been so proud to have a witch in the family because the first 
> one died? (Although, I don't know if you would be so happy as to 
send 
> you child to the same school where another one died years before.)
> 
> Am I making any sense? What do you all think? There are a lot 
> of 'flower' theories out there. People are also trying to connect 
> Myrtle to the Blacks. I thought of connecting her to the Potters 
> (dark hair and glasses) but she was muggle-born, as was Lily.
> 
> Marci





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