The Whole Evans Theory (longish)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85490

-Geoff Bannister wrote:
> > <snip>
> > Dumbledore appears to choose Vernon and Petunia for two 
> > reasons. "They're  the only family he has now." (PS p.15 all quotes 
> > UK editions). <snip> Geoff
>

Tigerpatronus wrote: 
> I'll have to go home and look at that. It seems like all the quotes 
> here have quoted only the first part, "They're the only family he 
> has." Period. Full stop. And then there's your quote with that most 
> interesting word on the end. "They're the only family he has **now**."
> 
> Time turners exist. **When** else did Harry have family that has 
> *now* arrived in LW? Could ME be an ancestor or, (gulp), a 
> descendant? 
><snip>


I think you're reading in too much here. The words are spoken shortly
after the murder of Harry's parents. The family he doesn't have *now*
is his nuclear family, his parents, Lily and James.

I agree that Mark Evans is important and that he's related to Harry
(though not a part of his family in the sense of a close relative like
Aunt Petunia), but we don't need a time turner or a close reading of
the word "now" to explain the relationship.

Carol