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Evans is the surname of a Muggle family. They must have some distant magical blood,^[1] however, as at least one member, Lily Evans, was a Muggle-born witch.

Recent History

The Evans family are Harry Potter's maternal family, and are known in the wizarding world for Lily's loving sacrifice in order to save Harry from Lord Voldemort.

They are related to the Muggle Dursley family and wizarding Potter and Weasley families. They lived near Spinner's End, the residence of the Snape family.^[2] Lily's parents were Muggles, as was her sister Petunia.

Recent family members

Lily Potter (née Evans) - a Muggle-born witch who was sorted into Gryffindor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; younger sister of Petunia, wife of James Potter, and mother of Harry Potter
Petunia Dursley (née Evans) - a Muggle; older sister of Lily, wife of Vernon Dursley, and mother of Dudley Dursley
Mr Evans - a Muggle; father of Petunia and Lily
Mrs Evans - a Muggle; mother of Petunia and Lily

Recent related members

Lily Luna Potter - blood relative and youngest of Harry and Ginny Potter
Albus Severus Potter - blood relative and middle child of Harry and Ginny Potter
James Sirius Potter - blood relative and oldest son of Harry and Ginny Potter
Dursley children - children of Dudley and his wife
Ginevra Molly Potter (née Weasley) - related through marriage, wife of Harry Potter, and mother of James, Albus, and Lily
Harry James Potter - blood relative, son of James and Lily Potter, husband of Ginny, and father of James, Albus, and Lily
Dudley Dursley - blood relative and son of Vernon and Petunia Dudley
James Potter - related through marriage, husband of Lily, and father of Harry Potter
Vernon Dursley - related through marriage, husband of Petunia, and father to Dudley Dursley

Etymology

Evans is a Welsh or English surname derived from the given name Evan.^[3] As a Welsh name, Evan means "young warrior;" it can also be considered a form of the name John, meaning "God is gracious."^[4]

Both sisters in the Evans family, Lily and Petunia, are named after flowers.

Behind the scenes

Mark Evans is not related to the family.^[5]
Lucy Evans is not related to the family.
Other than Lily Evans and her son, other Evans family members must have had almond shaped green eyes, as when Lily Evans' son stumbled across the Mirror of Erised he saw his maternal and paternal family. He saw some people with eyes like his.
Interestingly the etymology of the Evans family is "young warrior" this could tie with Harry Potter, the son of Lily Evans.
In the films, the Evans's are played by the following actors:
Lily Potter (née Evans) is played by Geraldine Somerville in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
The 15 year old Lily Evans was played in a deleted scene by Susie Shinner in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the 11 year old Lily Evans was played by Ellie Darcey-Alden in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
James Potter is played by Adrian Rawlins in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
The 15 year old James Potter I was played by Robbie Jarvis in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the 11 year old James Potter I was played by Alfie McIlwain in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Harry Potter is played by Daniel Radcliffe in all of the films.
Baby Harry Potter was played by the Saunders Triplets in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and by Toby Papworth in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Ginny Potter (née Weasley) is played by Bonnie Wright in all of the films.
James Sirius Potter is played by Will Dunn in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Albus Severus Potter is played by Arthur Bowen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Lily Luna Potter is played by Daphne de Beistegui in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Petunia Dursley (née Evans) is played by Fiona Shaw in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
The teenager Petunia Evans was played by Ariella Paradise in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Vernon Dursley is played by Richard Griffiths in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
Dudley Dursley is played by Harry Melling in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
Marjorie Dursley is played by Pam Ferris in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Notes and references

[1] 30 July 2007 Bloomsbury Webchat with J.K. Rowling

[2] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[3] Behind the Name: Evans

[4] Behind the Name: Evan

[5] J.K.Rowling Official Site F.A.Q.

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-'''Evans''' is the surname of a [[Muggle]] family, though they have some magical blood, as [[Lily Evans]] was a [[Muggle-born]] [[Wizardkind|witch]]. Since they produced a magical child it can be assumed that there was a [[Squib]] somewhere in the family line.
+'''Evans''' is the surname of a [[Muggle]] family. They must have some distant magical blood,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828113728/http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/default.aspx?sec=3 30 July 2007 Bloomsbury Webchat with J.K. Rowling]</ref> however, as at least one member, [[Lily Evans]], was a [[Muggle-born]] [[Wizardkind|witch]].
 == Recent History ==
-The Evans family are [[Harry Potter]]'s maternal family, and are known in the wizarding world for Lily's loving sacrifice in order save Harry from [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].
+The Evans family are [[Harry Potter]]'s maternal family, and are known in the wizarding world for Lily's loving sacrifice in order to save Harry from [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].
 They are related to the Muggle [[Dursley family]] and wizarding [[Potter family|Potter]] and [[Weasley family|Weasley]] families. They lived near [[Spinner's End]], the residence of the [[Snape family]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref> Lily's parents were Muggles, as was her sister Petunia.
-==Family members==
+==Recent family members==
-<gallery position="center" orientation="portrait" widths="85" spacing="small">
+<gallery orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center" widths="85">
-Mr. Evans.jpg|[[Mr. Evans]]
+Lily Potter1.jpg|[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter ]] †
-Mrs. Evans.jpg|[[Mrs. Evans]]
+Petunia Dursley.jpg|[[Petunia Dursley]]
-Petunia Dursley.jpg|[[Petunia Dursley]] {{c|née Evans}}
+Mr. Evans.jpg|[[Evans sisters' father|Mr Evans]] †
-Lily Potter1.jpg|[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter I]] {{c|née Evans}}
+Mrs. Evans.jpg|[[Evans sisters' mother|Mrs Evans]] †
+</gallery>
+*[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter ]]{{Comment|née Evans}} - a [[Muggle-born]] [[witch]] who was sorted into [[Gryffindor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]; younger sister of Petunia, wife of [[James Potter]], and mother of [[Harry Potter]]
+*[[Petunia Dursley ]]{{Comment|née Evans}} - a [[Muggle]]; older sister of Lily, wife of [[Vernon Dursley]], and mother of [[Dudley Dursley]]
+* [[Evans sisters' father|Mr Evans]] - a [[Muggle]]; father of Petunia and Lily
+* [[Evans sisters' mother|Mrs Evans]] - a [[Muggle]]; mother of Petunia and Lily
+== Recent related members ==
+<gallery orientation="portrait" widths="85" position="center" spacing="small">
+Vernon Dursley HP5.jpg|[[Vernon Dursley]]
+BestmainimagejamespotterI.jpg|[[James Potter]] †
+DudleyDH.png|[[Dudley Dursley]]
 PromoHP7 Harry Potter.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]
-Dudley eating.jpg|[[Dudley Dursley]]
+Ginny-Weasley.jpg|[[Ginny Weasley]]
-James II.jpg|[[James Potter II]]
+HPDH2-3922.jpg|[[James Potter II]]
 AlbusSevPotter.jpg|[[Albus Potter]]
 Lily PotterDH2.png|[[Lily Potter II]]
 </gallery>
+* [[Lily Luna Potter]] - blood relative and youngest of Harry and Ginny Potter
-*[[Lily Evans' father|Mr Evans]] - A [[Muggle]] man, and he is the husband of [[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]]. Father of [[Petunia Dursley|Petunia Dursley née Evans]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter née Evans]]. Father-in-law of [[Vernon Dursley]] and [[James Potter I|James Potter]], Grandfather of [[Harry Potter]] and [[Dudley Dursley]]. Grandfather-in-law of [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and [[Dudley Dursley's wife|Dudley's wife]]. Great-grandfather of [[James Potter II|James Sirius Potter]], [[Albus Potter|Albus Severus Potter]], [[Lily Potter|Lily Luna Potter]] and [[Dudley Dursley's children|Dudley's children]].
+* [[Albus Severus Potter]] - blood relative and middle child of Harry and Ginny Potter
-*[[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]] - A [[Muggle]] woman, and she is the wife of [[Lily Evans' father|Mr Evans]]. Mother of [[Petunia Dursley|Petunia Dursley née Evans]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter née Evans]]. Mother-in-law of [[James Potter I|James Potter]] and [[Vernon Dursley]]. Grandmother of [[Dudley Dursley]] and [[Harry Potter]]. Grandmother-in-law of [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and [[Dudley Dursley's wife]]. Great-Grandmother of Harry Potter children, [[James Potter II|James Sirius Potter]], [[Albus Potter|Albus Severus Potter]], [[Lily Potter|Lily Luna Potter]] and [[Dudley Dursley's children|Dudley's children]].
+* [[James Sirius Potter ]]- blood relative and oldest son of Harry and Ginny Potter
-*[[Petunia Dursley|Petunia Dursley ]] {{c|née Evans}} - is a [[Muggle]] woman, and she is the elder daughter of [[Lily Evans' father|Mr]] and [[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]], and she is the elder sister of [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter née Evans]]. Wife of [[Vernon Dursley]], mother of [[Dudley Dursley]]. Sister-in-law of [[James Potter I|James Potter]]. Mother-in-law of [[Dudley Dursley's wife|Dudley's wife]]. Grandmother of [[Dudley Dursley's children|Dudley's children]]. Aunt of [[Harry Potter]], aunt-in-law of [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], great-aunt of [[James Potter II|James Sirius Potter]], [[Albus Potter|Albus Severus Potter]] and [[Lily Potter|Lily Luna Potter]].
+* [[Dudley Dursley's children|Dursley children]] - children of Dudley and his wife
-*[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter I ]] {{c|née Evans}} - was a [[Muggle-born]] witch, and she was the younger daughter of [[Lily Evans' father|Mr]] and [[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]], and she was the younger sister of [[Petunia Dursley|Petunia Dursley née Evans]]. Wife of [[James Potter I|James Potter]]. Mother of [[Harry Potter]]. Mother-in-law of [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]. Grandmother of [[James Potter II|James Sirius Potter]], [[Albus Potter|Albus Severus Potter]] and [[Lily Potter|Lily Luna Potter]]. Aunt of [[Dudley Dursley]], aunt-in-law of [[Dudley Dursley's wife|Dudley's wife]], great-aunt of [[Dudley Dursley's children|Dudley's children]].
-*[[Harry Potter]] - A Half-blood half-blood Gryffindor who famously defeated Lord Voldemort. Son of James Lily Potter. He was the leader and teacher of Dumbledore's Army. Married to Ginny Weasley and father of James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna Potter.
+* [[Ginevra Molly Potter]] {{Comment|née [[Weasley]]}} - related through marriage, wife of Harry Potter, and mother of James, Albus, and Lily
+* [[Harry James Potter]] - blood relative, son of James and Lily Potter, husband of Ginny, and father of James, Albus, and Lily
-*[[Dudley Dursley]] - Only child of Vernon Dursley and Petunia.
+* [[Dudley Dursley]] - blood relative and son of Vernon and Petunia Dudley
-*[[James Potter II ]]- A half-blood wizard, who is the eldest child and first son of Harry and Ginny Potter. He has a younger brother and sister. He is named for his paternal grandfather and his father's godfather.
+* [[James Potter]] - related through marriage, husband of Lily, and father of Harry Potter
-*[[Albus Potter]] - A half-blood wizard, he is the second child and son of Harry and Ginny Potter. He has an older brother and a younger sister. He is named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape. Both former and latter were Headmasters of Hogwarts, their houses were Gryffindor and Slytherin, respectively.
+* [[Vernon Dursley]] - related through marriage, husband of Petunia, and father to Dudley Dursley
-*[[Lily Potter II]] - A half-blood witch, who is the youngest child and only daughter of Harry and Ginny Potter. She has two older brothers. She is named after her paternal grandmother and one of her parent's oldest friends.
-*Dudley Dursley two childern
 ==Etymology==
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-*[[Mark Evans]] is not related to the family.<ref>[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=49 J.K.Rowling Official Site F.A.Q.]</ref>
+*[[Mark Evans]] is not related to the family.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110623035755/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/de/faq_view.cfm?id=49 J.K.Rowling Official Site F.A.Q.]</ref>
 *[[Lucy Evans]] is not related to the family.
 *Other than [[Lily Evans]] and her [[Harry Potter|son,]] other Evans family members must have had almond shaped green eyes, as when [[Harry Potter|Lily Evans' son]] stumbled across the [[Mirror of Erised]] he saw his maternal and [[Potter family|paternal]] family. He saw some people with eyes like his.
-*Interestingly the etymoloy of the Evans family is "young warrior" this could tie with Harry Potter, the son of Lily Evans.
+*Interestingly the etymology of the Evans family is "young warrior" this could tie with Harry Potter, the son of Lily Evans.
 *In the films, the Evans's are played by the following actors:
 *[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter (née Evans)]] is played by [[Geraldine Somerville]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|Part 2]]''.<br />The 15 year old Lily Evans was played in a deleted scene by [[Susie Shinner]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and the 11 year old Lily Evans was played by [[Ellie Darcey-Alden]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''.