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'''Evans''' is the surname of a [[Muggle]] family. They must have some distant magical blood, however, as at least one member, [[Lily Evans]], was a [[Muggle-born]] [[Wizardkind|witch]].<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>
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'''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 ==
  
== Recent History ==
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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]].
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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.
  
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.
   
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==Recent family members==
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<gallery orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center" widths="85">
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Mr. Evans.jpg|[[Mr. Evans]]
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Lily Potter1.jpg|[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter ]] †
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Mrs. Evans.jpg|[[Mrs. Evans]]
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Petunia Dursley.jpg|[[Petunia Dursley]]
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Petunia Dursley.jpg|[[Petunia Dursley]] {{c|née Evans}}
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Mr. Evans.jpg|[[Evans sisters' father|Mr Evans]] †
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Lily Potter1.jpg|[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]] {{c|née Evans}}
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Mrs. Evans.jpg|[[Evans sisters' mother|Mrs Evans]] †
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*[[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]]
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*[[Petunia Dursley ]]{{Comment|née Evans}} - a [[Muggle]]; older sister of Lily, wife of [[Vernon Dursley]], and mother of [[Dudley Dursley]]
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* [[Evans sisters' father|Mr Evans]] - a [[Muggle]]; father of Petunia and Lily
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* [[Evans sisters' mother|Mrs Evans]] - a [[Muggle]]; mother of Petunia and Lily
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Vernon Dursley HP5.jpg|[[Vernon Dursley]]
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BestmainimagejamespotterI.jpg|[[James Potter]] †
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AlbusSevPotter.jpg|[[Albus Potter]]
  
AlbusSevPotter.jpg|[[Albus Potter]]
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Lily PotterDH2.png|[[Lily Potter]]
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Lily PotterDH2.png|[[Lily Potter II]]
 
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* [[Lily Luna Potter]] - blood relative and youngest of Harry and Ginny Potter
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*[[Lily Evans' father|Mr Evans]] - A [[Muggle]] man, 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]].
  
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* [[Albus Severus Potter]] - blood relative and middle child of Harry and Ginny Potter
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*[[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]] - A [[Muggle]] woman, 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]].
  
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* [[James Sirius Potter ]]- blood relative and oldest son of Harry and Ginny Potter
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*[[Petunia Dursley|Petunia Dursley ]] {{c|née Evans}} - is a [[Muggle]] woman, the elder daughter of [[Lily Evans' father|Mr]] and [[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]], and 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]].
  
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* [[Dudley Dursley's children|Dursley children]] - children of Dudley and his wife
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*[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter I ]] {{c|née Evans}} - was a [[Muggle-born]] witch, the younger daughter of [[Lily Evans' father|Mr]] and [[Lily Evans' mother|Mrs Evans]], 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]].
  
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*[[Harry Potter]] - A [[half-blood]] [[Gryffindor]] who famously defeated [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], son of James and 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.
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* [[Ginevra Molly Potter]] {{Comment|née [[Weasley]]}} - related through marriage, wife of Harry Potter, and mother of James, Albus, and Lily
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* [[Harry James Potter]] - blood relative, son of James and Lily Potter, husband of Ginny, and father of James, Albus, and Lily
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*[[Dudley Dursley]] - Only child of Vernon Dursley and Petunia.
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* [[Dudley Dursley]] - blood relative and son of Vernon and Petunia Dudley
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*[[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.
  
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* [[James Potter]] - related through marriage, husband of Lily, and father of Harry Potter
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*[[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.
  
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* [[Vernon Dursley]] - related through marriage, husband of Petunia, and father to Dudley Dursley
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*[[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 parents's oldest friends.
  
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*[[Dudley Dursley's children|Dudley Dursley's two children]]
  
   
 
==Etymology==
  
==Etymology==

Revision as of 23:43, 24 March 2016

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

Recent related members

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

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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