Only Living Relative...

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 82961

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
> "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > Let's say for a moment that my name is Harry Potter and my 
> > mother's name is Lily Evans.
> > 
> > ...edited...
> > 
> > Then this daughter marries a guy name Trout, and they have a 
> > daughter .... This daughter then marries a guy named Evans and 
> > they have a son named Mark, ...
> > 
> > Let us now assume that if you trace Mr. Evan family tree back 
> > through many generation, it intersects at some distant point with 
> > the Lily Evans family tree. 
> > 
> > Are Mark Evans and I related, or are we total strangers?
> > 
> > For all intent and purpose, we are total strangers. 
> > 
> > ...edited...
> > Just a thought.
> > 
> > bboy_mn


> Arya replied:
> 
> There's a slight problem with this:  Dumbledore NEVER says  "only
> living relative", he SAYS:
> 
> "I've come to bring Harry to his aunt and uncle.  "They're the only
> family he has left now."  (US paperback, p13)
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Arya

bboy_mn:

I think when I imagined this, it was Harry who was saying '...only
living relative...'. Although, for the life of me, I can't remember
where I thought I read that.

In any event, my main point was that people seem determined to make a
direct close family connection between Mark and Harry, and thereby
implying that the presents of this direct family connection
contradicts the statement that the Dursleys are Harry only's family,
so I'm trying to point out that both can be true. Harry and Mark can
share a common ancestry without being even remotely considered family. 

Their family ties are distant enough that Harry could marry Mark's
older sister, assuming Mark had an older sister. So while they might
share this common ancestry, it is insignificant enough that they could
marry without hesitation. The ancestral bond may be there but the
'family' bond has been lost for generations.

In the event that I was orphaned, I seriously doubt that any Bakkans
would consider our share ancestry significant enough to make my care
and up brining their responsibility.

That's the point I was trying to make. That Harry and Mark could share
a distant common ancestry without being considered family.

Although, if Mark does turn out to be a wizard, especially if they can
trace some common ancestry, I think this will be very nice for Harry.
He will have someone, that he could by some stretch consider family
who is actually nice to him. Almost like having a little brother.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn