Mark Evans -Revisited

[goodnight_moon5]

No: HPFGUIDX 84991

Snowwy wrote: 
> It is also possible that Mark Evans parents namely his
> father was too young to be eligble to take Harry in at
> the time of the Potter's death.  Maybe 14 or 15 then
> in a few years married young and had Mark.  Just
> another possibility.  
> 


Lauri:

Since we're tossing out possibilities, it's possible Mark Evans' 
father was adopted.  He would, therefore, NOT be Lily's blood 
relative.  

It's possible, of course, that the magic Dumbledore used for 
protection - the BLOOD magic - requires a perfect (or close) DNA 
match.  So, Petunia (having the same parents as Lily and therefore 
coming from the same genepool) would be Lily's "blood" but Dudly 
wouldn't - his blood being tainted by being half Dursley.  If that's 
the case, that the blood must be like a DNA match, then even a 1st 
cousin wouldn't be considered blood relative enough for the 
protection to work.  

Another wild thought - if Petunia hated her family (Evans) and 
disowned them, Mark *could* be a relative whom Petunia simply refused 
to acknowledge, therefore, Harry would have never known about. 

Lauri