If Mark Evans is nobody who is Megan Jones?

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 104682

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jotwo2003" <jsummerill at s...> wrote:
> I posted this ages ago but thoght it worth re-posting it after JKR 
> confirmed that Mark Evans is not significant.
> 
> "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 have a bigger role later.  
> Also it's suggested that she 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."
> 
> Well, I was right that Mark Evans might not be important, although 
> JKR was not being crafty.  I wonder if Jones and Jones will turn out 
> to be connected.
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Don't forget Gwenog Jones, the captain of the Holyhead Harpies and
recently featured Witch of the Month on Jo's website.  I also noted,
that just like Hestia, Gwenog was depicted as black.  Coicidence? 
Relation?  Same last name, similar racial description...  

Arya