Harry and the Half Brother Prince

[karenoc1]

No: HPFGUIDX 104575

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:

<snip>> I doubt if Lily and Petunia grew up in Little Whinging.  
Which makes it all the more interesting that there is an Evans 
there.  I wonder if Petunia knows.
> Potioncat <end snip>>

I for one find it hard to believe that Petunia (nosy-neighbor 
extraordinaire!) would not know about a family called Evans living in 
her neighborhood.  Of course, Evans is not an uncommon surname, and 
she may not know of a connection between them and her own family.  
Or, Mark Evans could be living with a family with a different surname 
than his own (like Harry Potter living with the Dursleys).

But I think it was Carol who pointed out that Mark Evans is likely to 
be Muggle-born, and I agree whole-heartedly with that.  For one, it 
reinforces the idea that Lily Evans Potter was Muggle-born, meaning 
that a truly powerful witch could be born of non-wizard parents --
Dumbledore's mantra.  And also, if it turns out that Mark Evans gets 
a Hogwarts letter in HBP, then we would get to know another Muggle-
born wizard.  I posted last week (in message 104081) that we really 
haven't seen very many examples of Muggle-born wizards, either at 
Hogwarts or in the Order.

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