Mark Evans

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 78936

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcum42" <Arcum_Dagsson at c...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fawkes970" <sollecks970 at a...>
> wrote:
> > In the fifth book, ... "... I know you did Mark Evans two nights 
> > ago --" - 
>
> > As we all know well by now, JK is not one to throw words around. ... 
> > Any thoughts on this one? 
> >
> > ~Pat(fawkes) 
> > 


> Well, one quick note: Mark Evans is 10 years old. Therefore, he may
> show up as a first year in Hogwarts next book, which would give us
> plenty of opportunity to find out of any relation to Lily, and also
> give Dudley cause for concern...
> 
> --Arcum


bboy_mn:

People, people... while I concede that the Mark Evans character is a
bit suspicious, we must remember that the Dursleys are the ONLY blood
relatives that Harry has. 

Now it could be possible that if you went back up the Lily Evans
family tree several generations and came down a completely different
branch, you might find Mark Evans, but he would be a very very very
distant relative of Harry's. So distant that Harry could probably
marry Mark's sister without any problems.

More important, as some one already pointed out, Evans is an extremely
common Welsh (is that right, Welsh??) name; one of the most common
Welsh names. 

In addition, coming up with character names is not as easy as you
might think. If you have ever written fiction then you know what I
mean; it is a very difficult task to come up with names that fit
characters. So, JKR re-using a few first and last names is not
unreasonable and could be purely coincidental.

The only way we can know for sure is to read the next two books and
see if it is explained.

In closing, the Mark Evans character really is a bit suspicious, but
at the moment, I'm thinking JKR just put him in there to drive us
obssessed fans nuts.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn