Genetics, descent and Re: Mark Evans

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 86157

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dj_bagshaw" <kate_bag at h...> 
wrote:

Kate:   
> Why would she re-use the Evans 
> surname?  I have heard her say in interviews (sorry, don't have a 
> reference...I believe it was 20/20) that when she hears a name she 
> thinks is interesting she writes it in a notevook, and every time 
she 
> writes a new character she consults her little book.  I'm sure the 
> name "Mark Evans" wasn't in her little book of names...especially 
> when the Evans name has already been used (sorry, no canon for 
> this...but I don't believe there have been any other instances of 
> reusing names in the Potter series unless a family relationship was 
> present).
> 

Geoff:
I think, to be accurate, that Mark Evans is the first use of the name 
in the books.

Lily's surname is not revealed until later during the Pensieve scene 
in OOTP( although am I right that JKR had mentioned Lily's name in an 
interview?).

Responding to a further comment made by a different poster regarding 
Mark's age: in the UK, a child would enter the First Year (presentday 
Year 7) if their 11th birthday fell between 1st September and 31st 
August of the previous school year. So, if Harry's comments to Dudley 
were late in July, Mark would appear in Hogwarts when Harry was 
entering his 6th year in September 1996.

Geoff