Red Herrings

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 101808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "brassgryphon" <madaxe at s...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mnaper2001" 
> <mnaperrone at a...> wrote:
> > "Wanda Sherratt" <wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> > Ally:
> 
> > 
> > Now, Mark Evans - that's another story, if you ask me.  ;)
> 

brassgryphon:
> Yes. Mark Evans is just way too convenient - a kid who's about to 
> be eleven walking around Little Whinging with Lily's surname? 
> Other than Harry, there's no documented witches or wizards in 
> Little Whinging anyway. (5:8 "The Hearing")

Geoff:
I did point out in message 85255 that it is quite possible to have 
relatives of whom you have no knowledge who are fairly close (in 
genealogical terms). I quoted an instance of finding a second cousin 
a few years ago for the first time.

As for no wizards being documented in the Little Whinging area, at 
around the same time as my long analysis, other folk pointed out that 
it would be possible for an underage wizard to be in an area without 
the knowledge of the MoM and that it was only when Hogwarts letters 
went out that they would become cognisant of the fact.