Evans Family

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**Evans** was the surname of a an old English, Irish and Welsh Muggle family, with a connection to France through Jasmine Ivy Evans. They may have had some distant magical blood, but not necessarily. At least three members, Lily, Iris and Basil were Muggle-born Wizards. They were related by marriage to the wizarding Potter and Weasley families. They are also related to the French, presumably, Muggle Bassett family by marriage.

## History

The earliest known members of the family were Cai Dafydd 'Dai' Evans and Jasmine Ivy Evans Née Bassett, who had three daughters and one son, Petunia, Lily, g and h. They lived near Spinner's End in Cokeworth, sharing residence with the Snape Family. Cai Dafydd 'Dai' Evans and Jasmine Ivy Evans Née Bassett were Muggles, as was their eldest daughter Petunia.

Jasmine Ivy Evans Née Bassett and Cai Dafydd 'Dai' Evans were proud of their triplets being Wizards and appeared to have favoured them over their elder daughter because of this.

They were related to the Dursley Family through Petunia's marriage to Vernon Dursley, and the Potter Family through Lily's marriage to James Potter I.

They were famous for being Harry James Potter's maternal family and were known in the Wizarding World for Lily's loving sacrifice that saved Harry from Lord Voldemort when he was just an infant.

This family was extinct in the male line, but not in the female line. When Harry married Ginny Weasley, they became related to the Weasley Family through their three children, James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. Petunia's son Dudley Dursley had at least two non-magical children and one magical child as well.

## Family members

### Main family

 Basil Sage Evans | Muggle-born wizard son of Jasmine and Cai Evans, younger brother of Petunia, Iris and Lily I, boyfriend of TBA and father of TBA. He attended Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft & Wizardry and was sorted into TBA House.

## Etymology

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

The triplets and their sister in the Evans Family, Petunia Ivy, Lily Jasmine, Iris Violet and Basil Sage, are all named after flowers. This seems to be a tradition from their mother’s side of the family as she is called Jasmine Ivy, so her mother is potentially called Ivy or her father could be called Sage.

## Pronunciation

Evans has the Welsh pronunciation of EH-v-ih-n-s.

## Behind the scenes

* Mark Evans and Lucy Evans are not related to the family and just throwaway characters.
* When Harry looked in the Mirror of Erised and saw his maternal and paternal family, he saw people with the same almond shaped green eyes as he had. It is known that he inherited them from his mother, Lily Evans, making it likely that it is an Evans family trait.
* Interestingly, the etymology of the Evans family is "young warrior". This could tie with Harry Potter, the son of Lily Evans.
* J. K. Rowling has explained that, when she was looking for a maiden name for Lily, she chose Evans *"on the basis that it’d been George Eliot’s real name."* As for the case of Mark Evans, Rowling stated that she chose this surname - without giving it much thought - simply due to it being a common name, expressing similar feelings about "Smith" and "Jones", as well as "Black", "Thomas", and "Brown", which were given to other significant characters.

## Notes and references

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Lily's Mother.

Lily's Father.

Lily Potter Née Evans.

Petunia Dursley Née Evans.

Evans Female Cousin (Pureblood).

Evans Male Cousin (Muggle-Born).

Adopted Son (Muggle-Born).

Adopted Son (Half-Blood).

Adopted Daughter (Pureblood).

Biological Daughter (Half-Blood).

1. ↑ 30 July 2007 Bloomsbury Webchat with J.K. Rowling
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:DH
3. ↑ Template:WW
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5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 F.A.Q. question at Template:JKRS (archived)
6. ↑ Template:PS - "They just looked at him, smiling. And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror, and saw other pairs of green eyes like his"
7. ↑ 28 August, 2012 "Daniel Radcliffe talks to J.K. Rowling: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO" Entertainment Weekly