Only Living Relative... REVISITED

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 83815

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:

> > 
> > 
> > ...edited...
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> > So, I agree with everyone that Mark Evans is a very significant
> > character, and will concede that they might share common
> > ancestors; but, give that, I will add that I don't see that as 
> > any conflict in the statement by Dumbledore that Petunia is 
> > Harry's only living relative.
> > 
> > Just a thought.
> > 
> > bboy_mn
> 

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> Arya:
>
> 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 knew I read 'only living relative' somewhere, but for the life of
me, I couldn't find it... until last night that is.

Although, the reference I found doesn't quite say 'only LIVING relative'.

OotP, Am Ed, HB, Page 836, Chapter "The Lost Prophecy"-

Dumbledore speaks...
"...She gave you a lingering protection he never expexted, a
protextion that flows in our veins tothis day. I put my trust,
therefore, in your mother's blood. I delivered you to her sister, her
ONLY REMAINING RELATIVE."

Obviously the added empahsis is mine.

So, in light of Petunia being Lily's and therefore Harry's, only
remaining relative, how do we resolve the Mark Evans issue?

I'm not sure, but as I tried to point out in my original post, it is
possible for two people to share a common distant branch of the family
tree without being considered related. Once the relationship reaches a
 certain geneological distance, it becomes insignificant. 

Just thought I would pass that along.

bboy_mn