Mark Evans - evans, Evans, EVANS

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86367

Dorapye wrote:
> Hi, first-time poster here, been, um, just lurking for a little 
> while and plucking up the courage to add my ha'penny worth.
> 
> In response to Carol:
> > Carol (re Mark Evans):
> > Interesting idea. At least we've got you believing that he'll 
> probably
> > show up at Hogwarts! The parallels between his behavior and Harry's
> > are also interesting--both bullied by Dudley and both standing up 
> to
> > him. Harry is sure to take an interest in the little guy--a
> > muggle-born wizard from the Dursleys' neighborhood who happens to 
> have
> > his mother's former last name--even if he's not a relative. But I'm
> > betting that he is, and that we'll know it immediately by the green
> > eyes, which we've been promised will be significant. <snip>


> Dorapye:
> I'm slowly becoming more convinced by the Mark Evans thing, though 
> part of me still believes it may just be a red herring.  
> 
> However, if it turns out that Mark is indeed related to Harry, I 
> would be very interested to see how this makes Harry feel when he 
> realises that Dumbledore may have had an alternative choice to the 
> Dursleys of adoptive parents, ones that may have brought him up with 
> love.  How might this revelation affect Harry's relationship with 
> DD? We've see the beginnings of adolescent awakening to parental 
> failings in OotP; perhaps finding out that DD *chose* to place Harry 
> with the Dursleys when another related family could perhaps have 
> been used to seal the charm he placed on Petunia's family will 
> finally rip to shreds Harry's trust in his benevolent mentor? 
> think just now...). Will he torment himself by wondering about the 
> childhood he might have had, if only DD had made a different choice 
> for him? If he was feeling frustrated by his powerlessness in OotP, 
> how might this rouse his sense of injustice?
>
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Hi, Dorapye. Thanks for choosing my post as the first you responded to.

Assuming that Mark is Harry's relative, he wasn't born yet when
Harry's parents died and his father might even have been an unmarried
boy of 18 or so at that time, so he couldn't have offered Harry the
home he needed. More important, Mark's father can only be at most his
mother's cousin; Dumbledore needed a closer relationship and Petunia
was the only available candidate. And since Mark's parents are pretty
clearly Muggles, it's very likely that Dumbledore was unaware of their
existence. As far as he knew, Petunia really was Harry's only living
relative. The WW has a hard enough time keeping track of squibs; it
would be miraculous if they knew every wizards' muggle second cousin.

Mark himself is a different matter. If he's a wizard, his name will
have been written down ten years before OoP with the magic quill, and
when McGonagall sits down to send out next year's letters, I'll be
quite surprised if she doesn't make the connection. "Good heavens,
Albus! A Muggle-born Evans in Little Whinging! Can it be--?"

Carol, who's having fun picturing McGonagall's excitement at this
discovery