Red hair, green eyes (was red hair, red herring)

[Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 67565

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eligro2000" <eligro2000 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
(snip)
> 
> And, while we're at it, but on a slightly 
> different topic, any chance that Lily and
> Petunia are HALF sisters rather than full
> sisters? I note in particular that Rowling
> makes a point of saying, in OOP chapter
> 2, that Petunia and Lily's eyes are quite
> different: "Aunt Petunia had never in her
> life looked at him like that before. Her 
> large, pale eyes (so unlike her sister's)
> were not narrowed in dislike or anger" 
> (US version, p. 38).

Me:
Oh, interesting!  I hadn't thought of the half-sibling angle. The 
same protective blood could run through their veins from the one 
parent who's magic, perhaps?  That might also explain Mark Evans.

Claire