Perseus Evans

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 95551

Debra wrote:
> (For the full theory, visit 
> http://www.mugglenet.com/editorials/thepensieve/tp06.shtml)
> 
> Mugglenet's Josh Smith wrote an article entitled "The Mystery That 
Is 
> Mark Evans". I'm sure that all of you noticed the 10-year-old kid 
> Dudley beat up named Mark Evans, and that Lily's maiden name is 
also 
> Evans. The article starts out by saying that although Harry had to 
> stay with the Dursleys because they were his "last living 
relatives", 
> Mark Evans was not alive when he went to live with them. It goes 
on 
> to speculate about Mark's parentage. Since Lily was not alive at 
the 
> time of his birth, she could not have been his mother. The next 
> person considered was the other Evans we know, Petunia. This was 
> disregarded because (quote):
> 
> >A) She obviously didn't have him with Vernon, or he'd be living 
> >with them. 
> >B) Petunia doesn't seem like the type of person to cheat on her 
> >husband...and if she did, how would she hide a pregnancy from him?
> >C) On that same token, she couldn't have had him before she met 
> >Vernon, because he'd be older than Harry and Dudley, which he 
> >isn't.
> 
> The next possibility discussed is that Mark's father is Severus 
> Snape. REASONS:
> - Severus Snape is an anagram for Perseus Evans.
> - In the Pensieve memory, (quote from article) "Lily Evans rushes 
to 
> his defense. She seems stunned when he calls her a mudblood. Not 
> angry so much, but taken aback. Could this be because they are 
> related, and she knows for a fact that Snape himself is a 
mudblood?"
> - (quote) "Is it at all possible that Snape changed his name going 
> into school to distance himself with the Evans family and feign 
being 
> a pure-blood so he could be in Slytherin?"
> - (quote) "Snape is around 35, which would mean if he had a child 
at 
> 25 years old, the child would be 10...like Mark Evans."
> - (quote) "JKR said that students aren't privy to information 
> concerning teachers and their spouses, so it's also possible that 
> Snape is married."
> 
> The article concludes by saying that Mark Evans will probably 
enter 
> Hogwarts next year, at which point we will all learn all about him.
> 
> I at least agree with the fact that Mark Evans will enter Hogwarts 
> next year, as JKR wouldn't introduce him at age 10 for no reason. 
I 
> also believe that he is somehow related to Harry because she 
> DEFINITELY wouldn't double that last name for no reason. However, 
I 
> think the fact that Snape was his father and changed his name is a 
> bit far-fetched. However, I would like to hear thoughts from any 
fans 
> who agree with this theory. And although I don't entirely agree 
with 
> it, I felt I should post it anyway because I wanted to cite it in 
one 
> of my previous posts, about Snape possibly being in Gryffindor, 
and 
> had in mind an acronym for it.
> 
> It is with the above thoughts that I propose acronym 
S.E.V.E.R.U.S. 
> S.N.A.P.E.: Severus Easily Very Evans-Related, Undoubtably Since 
> Snape's Name is an Acronym for Perseus Evans.
> 
Potioncat: who apologizes but she couldn't figure out how to snip 
this one.

Well, one detail at a time.  How could an 11 year old change his 
name from P.Evans. to S.Snape. and wouldn't the few remaining 
pureblood families notice?  If he wasn't pureblood, the name change 
wouldn't hide it. So I don't agree with that motivation.

It could be possible that his mother changed his name to hide him 
from his father or grandfather.  (Check out the original Perseus's 
childhood. The original Perseus may have a great-grandfather named 
Alba.)

I can't find any quotes from JKR about this anagram.  And IIRC, no 
one on this list has read a quote about it.  (Maybe no one has asked 
her?)

I do think it is intriguing that Snape might be an Evans and that 
there is another Evans in the wings. But I think the theory listed 
from Mugglenet is long on speculation and short on canon.