Mark Evans - Too Close for Comfort

[Steve]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> Having just caught up with the last hundred or so messages which
> seemed to appear while I blinked, I have been pondering over our
> friend Mark Evans and felt I could add a few thoughts.
>
> (1) On the question of Petunia being the only living relative, we
> have looked at the possiblity of folk further over on the family
> tree. ...edited...
> ...edited...
>
> Geoff

bboy_mn:

I keep saying the same thing. It's clear from repeated references in
the book that Harry has no other immediate relatives. Yet people keep
trying to theorize some close family relation. The fatherest I've seen
speculated was second cousins, but I keep saying it has to be 4th
cousin or greater. That is a tracable common ancestry, but it is my no
practial means considered a functional relative.

To be second cousins, that would make Mark decended from Harry's
grandfather's brother, Harry's great uncle (best guess, I don't
understand all this 1st, 2nd, twice removed stuff). That's not distant
enough.

When Dumbledore looked for family, I'm sure the lack of grandparents
and /other/ parental brothers and sisters was obvious. That eliminates
a lot of immediate family. Great aunts and uncles as well as other
aunts and uncles also seems to be missing.

Why would Dumbledore look beyond that immediate family when he had
Lily's sister right there in front of him. In addition, I highly doubt
that Dumbledore has the entire Potter/Evans family trees commited to
memory. Really would be alot of pointless trivia under the circumstances.

So for all practical purposes Harry has no other immediate family
besides Petunia, but it's unreasonable to think that the Potter/Evan
family trees consist of two very very very skinny twigs. Certainly,
the are others who are related, but not in any functional way.

When we were discussing the Royal Family, and ancestry in general,
someone here pointed out that they we like 3,000th in line for the
throne of Britain. But, I highly doubt that the Queen has ever invited
them to tea, and I seriously doubt that they are on the list of
possbile guardians for Prince William and Prince Harry.

They have documentd common ancestry, but for all intent and purpose
are not related.

If you're going to create a link between Mark and Harry, it has to be
a DISTANT link.

But then that's just my opinion.

bboy_mn