Mark Evans

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 78946

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- 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) 
> > > 
> 
> 


Arcum:
> > 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.

Geoff:
This question has cropped up about six times since 21/06/03 and if 
you search, you may get more information. I only realised that Mark 
Evans'name might have a significance about three weeks ago and on 
searching for the name got given a list of about 150 posts! (allowing 
for Yahoo!'s rather quirky search engine!

Evans is a common name in Wales and also in England because of 
assimilation. However, that doesn't rule out the possibility. When 
you speak of blood relatives, how wide do you take your family tree? 
I recently met up with relatives for the first time who are linked 
via my paternal grandparents. I wouldn't consider them to be /close/ 
relatives. With a situation involving an orphaned child, I think the 
family would look at aunts and uncles, first cousins etc. and not 
cast the net wider.

Like everyone on the group, I await the arrival of HP6 and HP7 with 
increasing anticipation!!!