Mark Evans

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 86096

Carol wrote:
> Clearly Lily's
> muggle father (and I think Mark Evans's muggle father as well) had
> some recent squib ancestors who in turn must have had witch/wizard
> ancestors. 
<Snip>
> Lily's mother seems to have been an ordinary muggle. 


Pip!Squeak:

Not clear to me.

Firstly, there is no evidence apart from a coincidence of surnames 
that Mark Evans is related to Harry Potter. My local phonebook has 
an entire large page of Evans's. It's a very common surname.

Secondly, if magic is due to a recessive gene (rather than a 
dominant gene), *both* of Lily's parents must have carried the 
gene.  

There is no need for any magical ancestor to be 'recent' - there 
could be no magic in Lily's ancestry since 'time immemorial' (i.e. 
before 1189, which is the official 'we give up' point in England). 
If it's a recessive gene, it will never show until it finally finds 
its genetic partner. 

Thirdly - 'Mark Evans'. 

Hmm... Harry has a 'mark' on his forehead, his mother was 
an 'Evans'. Dudley, in beating up 'Mark Evans', is beating up 'Harry 
Potter'. Who he can't touch, because he has that pesky magic power.

So I'm not sure 'Mark Evans' will be appearing at Hogwarts. He may 
just be one of those JKR name clues - Mark Evans = Harry Potter. 
Dudley still wants to beat up Harry.

Pip!Squeak