Harry and Mark Evans

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No: HPFGUIDX 83032


Meri wrote-
> I know there has been a lot of speculation about Harry's 
relationship 
> to Mark Evans, the boy Dudley and his gang beat up in OotP. We find 
> out (for the first time in the books anyway) that Lily's maiden 
name 
> was Evans in the Pensieve scene in OotP. Knowing JKR's style as we 
> all do, this is probably not a coincidence. My question is this. Is 
> there a cannon reference (JKR's interviews nonwithstanding) that 
> Harry ever knew that his mother's maiden name was Evans before that 
> chapter in OotP? If he did, and even if he didn't, what's to stop 
him 
> from putting two and two together and poping a few streets over to 
> the Evans' house and seeing if they haven't any flying broomsticks 
or 
> cauldrons? 
> 

We know it's probably too good to be a coincidence, but from Harry's 
point of view there is no reason to be suspicious of anyone named 
Evans. It is a common surname name, as is Potter or Granger. Harry 
has been maddeningly uninterested in his parents or family for the 
most part, even if they are all allegedly dead. Plus Harry knew Mark 
enough to know how old he was so Harry may have figured that if the 
other Evans family were anything to him something would have been 
said by somebody. I can only assume that JKR is saving any 
revelations of interest up for Books 6 & 7.

I think Mark Evans will play a bigger role especially since JKR had 
James call Lily almost exclusively by her last name, driving home the 
Evans connection for those who didn't know about it. We can only wait 
and see. And speculate like mad.

Olivia