As a born again Christian I'm an adopted son of God, so Jesus is my brother. Are there blood relatives alive?

Question

Yes we are all "brothers and sisters" in the Lord, as the "family of God". That is important, but what about a blood relative.

Does any one on earth claim to be a real blood-relative of the "King of Kings" and Lord of Lords?

You would think it would be well known, considering how celebrity gossip is so wide spread.

If no one claims to be a direct blood relative might there by at least one person, theoretically alive at this very moment, who can claim a blood relationship?

Perhaps through Mary, His mother who out-lived him!?! What possibilities do you believe exist

Might the coming "Anti Christ" claim a blood relationship Under what theory?

I hope you do NOT plan to speculated that He was not celebate, as the Da Vinci code and other works suggested.

If Jesus had a wife and/or children, why does the Bible only mention Him asking John to take care of his mother, and not his wife and children also? That would not make him a very good husband or father if he failed to secure someone to take care of his wife/children, now would it?

Are we all related through Adam, and then again through Noah?

Did Jesus have any siblings who have a surviving line of descendents? Cousins?

Does the "Imperial Solomonic" line of Ethiopia share common 'DNA" from Solomon, as a descendent of David.

One of the prerequisites of Jesus being Messiah is being of the line of the House of David.

Answer 1

First of all, statistically speaking, leaving Gnostic and Apocryphal texts quite out of it and discounting the Roman Catholic Church's claim of Mary's Perpetual Virginity, either the relatives of Jesus would have died out (as Shakespeare's descendants did), or else they would have multiplied so exponentially that practically everyone alive today would literally be at least a step great-grand niece or nephew of some degree. Just think of the multitude of Americans--everyone from Anna Nicole Smith to George W. Bush--who can claim to be a descendant of one of the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, for example.

However, to give a biblical proof text, Matthew 13: 55-56 asks incredulously, "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us?" (NIV). So, yes, relatives--or rather descendants of Christ's step brothers and sisters (to give the Protestant version), or at the very least, very distant cousins--might very well be alive today.

Of course, Merovingian/ Scottish-Rite Freemason Conspiracy theorists argue that the modern-day descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene are either descendants of the Hapsburg-Loraine line of kings or else descended from the Rothschilds/ Sinclairs. Other candidates for this descent, according to such theorists, are members of the House of Windsor (Prince Charles is a favorite candidate for the Anti-Christ) and the House of Stuart (meaning Prince William is also a prime candidate for the Anti-Christ since the Spencers can claim illegitimate descent from Charles II). Of course, all the royal lines of Europe trace back to Charlemagne.

Given the number of Europeans and European Americans who statistically could possibly make these claims, almost any one of European descent alive today could be a descendant of Christ if he had lived to father children; or just as likely, anyone of Middle Eastern descent could be as well. Then again, no one has pulled the wedding invitation of Mary Magdalene and Jesus out of the family lock box.

Answer 2

You are right, the Davinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail have been debunked by Christian and non Christian scholars. Actually, one of the authors of Holy Blood Holy Grail stated if anyone said he believed that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child, they are a liar. He said the book was just a hypothesis. I won't go into all that right now.

However, I am sure relatives of Jesus exist but proving it would be absolutely impossible. Most people can't prove their genealogy with good documentation past the 1600s, at least the last melennium unlelss they are members of a royal or noble house and still they can't go beyond much beyond 400 A.D.

Claiming and proving it are two separate things. Some people have genealogies going back to Julius Ceasar but there is absolutely no documentation whatsoever to prove it.

Just don't worry about it. In the long run it has absolutely nothing to do with faith.

Answer 3

Mary had other children, so the chances are that there by this time would be many. It would have been cool if they passed down to each generation the knowledge that they were desendants of the Mother Mary. You know, kept a family tree. But if they did not , I would think it would be impossible to know who they are now. I believe that there are probably many blood relatives of Christ alive today. It only makes sense. God bless!!
It seems many did not pay close attention to your question. Some are answering as if you had asked if he had descendants born from himself. I take your question to be "Are their relatives of Jesus alive today? Am I correct? And by the way for some who answered his brothers and sisters were half, not step. Step brothers share no DNA. There's a huge difference.

Answer 4

According to the Bible, the world population of humans was limited to Noah and his close relatives during the flood; therefore, everyone can claim a line from those select people on the ark. From there I am relatively positive a heritage can be formulated from the ones on the ark to Jesus and his family.

To get to a point, (again - according to the Bible) everyone is related to one another and descendents of the particular bloodline in question.

Answer 5

Joesph and Mary did have other children....so the possibilty is there. But after two thousand years, that person would be so far removed......that all they could really do is trace the family tree. Just as I can trace my bloodline back to include the Cherokee Indian tribe. But I can hardly claim to be an Indian and claim my "native" rights or expect to live on a reservation.

Considering how people are; holding celebrities under constant scrunity, I doubt that person would desire to come forward. It would probably be in their best interest not too.

Yet, I find, that when I entertain the idea that everyone I meet could possibly be kin to my Lord, it does adjust my attitude!

There is no scriptual evidence that the anti-Christ will claim to be of Jesus' own family. That is the making of vivid imagination and best sellers.

Answer 6

Save the kooks in the airports who claim to be messianic descendents, the last one who tried hard to pawn off a genealogy as a direct descendent of Jesus were the Merovingian kings. In their story, Jesus and Mary of Magdala had three children. The oldest daughter, Tamar, is said to have been the link between Jesus and the Merovingian kings, culminating with Charlemagne.

It's a cute legend, but yes it lives on. Here's a link to a group claiming to be the 99th generation of the House of Christ.
http://www.thetruejesus.org/mary/holy_grails.htm

Answer 7

if you do a yahoo or google search for "descendants of Jesus", you will find lots of interesting sites and points of view, not necessarily all agreeing.

And I found this one purporting to do an online DNA test to show if YOU are a descendant.
http://www.merkaba.org/announcements/dna_test.htm

Answer 8

According to the book,"Holy Blood, Holy Grail" which was the baseline for the Davinci Code, oh yes, indeed...there are descendants of Christ today. Mary Madalene, supposedly was Jesus's wife, and their daughter was Sarah. From Sarah came the descendants of Mary and Jesus. The Merovingian Dynasty was famous for intermarriage with these descendants, but ended with Dagobert. Not so, the Priory of Sion exists for one reason...today...to protect these descendants. Good research topic!

Elysabeth...poemhunter.com

Answer 9

We are of one Blood--the Blood of the Lamb. Anyone who is a Christian and saved is your/my brother or sister.

"We be of one blood, ye and I"--to quote Kipling.

Answer 10

Cool. Dad said you could lend me some money.