Possible candidate for HBP?

[Angela Burgess]

No: HPFGUIDX 107825

I'm not quite positive that no one has posted on this, being only a 
casual visitor nowdays.  I searched the messages and didn't find 
anything, but of course, that means nothing.  So, please, if it's 
been discussed before, save the Howlers and simply send Owls.

Anyway, after all the discussion of the HBP, I was looking at JKR's 
site and went to the Extra Stuff page.  Under the "Edits" category, 
she talks about Dean Thomas' background and how his storyline had 
been cut from CoS.  Turns out that, if it had ever made it into the 
books, we would have learned in CoS that Dean is not solely Muggle-
born, but instead has an unnamed wizard father who is killed by DE 
during the first war after having run away to save his family.

Could it be that simple?  Would she really post the clues to the HBP 
right there, where it is so easy to find?  Or am I just desperately 
looking for answers where there are none to be found without more 
info?

Curiously,
Angela