James & Snape: Related?

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 110117

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendi Williams" 
<gwennie357 at m...> wrote:
> The only three adult females in the books named after flowers are 
> Lily, Petunia, and Narcissa, and we all know how important names 
> are to Jo. Also, Narcissa is  described as being very similar 
> physically to Petunia (blonde hair and sharp features). So yes, I 
> am insinuating that Narcissa is a long-lost Evans sister (don't
> throw things at me!). She would have had to have been adopted 
> by a rich, pure-blood wizarding family -- the Blacks, so that still 
> fits (and she doesn't look like any of them, that we know of) -- 
> but I can't imagine why the Evans's would have given her up, unless 
> there was some Nefarious Plot going on. Yeah, crazy, I know, but 
> who knows?

JKR has indeed verified that Narcissa is merely an exception because 
she'd already liked that name for her character, and that there is no 
relation to the Evans sisters.

Josh