Evans is book canon (was Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Is Mark Evans the half blood pr

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 103577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alina" <alina at d...> wrote:
> > Ryan:
> > Unless I am mistaken, Lily Potter's maiden name isn't mentioned
> > anywhere in the actual text, merely from an interview with JKR. 
> >
> >      Ryan S.

> Alina:
> 
> I'm afraid you're wrong, Lily's maiden name is mentioned in the
> Pensieve scene in book 5. Fifteen year old James repeatedly calls 
> Lily by her last name, "Hey, Evans!"
> 
> Alina.

Asian_lovr2:

Alina is correct. It seems a very strange and an extreme coincidence
that the very first time we are given Lily EVANS' lastname is in the
same book that a character named Mark Evans is introduced.

Certainly Evans is a common name, but would any good author really use
that name twice, expecially when in one case it refers to one of the
most important and critical characters in the book? Shouldn't any
reasonable writer intentionally NOT use the EVANS name again to
prevent any confusion or distraction?

Sorry, but from my point of view, for two people to appear for the
first time in the same book and have the same lastname is just too
much of a coincidence.

Steve/asian_lovr2