Jones and Jones and Mark Evans

[jotwo2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 89032

I posted this on Thursday 15 Jan, but it seems to have got lost in 
cyberspace.  If it turns up as a double post I apologise in advance.

In chapter 3 of OOP the reader meets an Order member called Hestia 
Jones.  To be honest, as she didn't have much of a part I'd forgotten 
all about her.

Then I was looking at the screen caps of JKR's student list and I 
spotted Megan Jones.  I then wondered if there was a connection.

I thought I'd come up with a new theory.  But then I checked Yahoo 
and fan fiction alley and spotted one post raising this possibility.  
(They suggested too that she could be the weakest link in the Order 
because she's underdeveloped and could be leant on to protect 
Megan.)  But I don't think any link has been discussed much.

It does seem that they could be related.  Megan Jones is down as a 
half blood Hufflepuff.  Hestia Jones, from her name, and the fact 
that she was laughing at a potato peeler, is presumably a pureblood.  
Perhaps she's Megan's mother.

(BTW Hestia was the Greek goddess of the home and hearth.  That makes 
her sound friendly and home-loving.  It also made me wonder if she 
has something to do with the Floo network, but that might be too 
similar to Marietta's mother.)

I'm sure that child readers and non-fan adult readers won't have paid 
much attention to Hestia Jones.  I'm convinced that they don't know 
that a character called Megan Jones has been planned. 

Funnily enough, the possible Jones and Jones relationship made me 
wonder about Mark Evans.  Most fans are speculating about if he's 
related to Lily or not.  Perhaps he is a red herring after all.  
Maybe JKR wants Harry and the reader to think he's a relation, and 
then she will demonstrate that he is not.  Then, if two characters 
with the same surname are mentioned in canon, the reader will go, 
huh, won't fall for that one again, and this time they will be 
related.

JoTwo