Who are the descendants of the Virgin Mary's children?

We are not given any indication of the families of Mary's other children. Just as well. since Jesus Christ gave us a new concept of family: “And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you. read more

Mary the mother of Jesus ceased to be a virgion once she gave birth and had otehr children so, you know, not really teh virgin Mary anymore after Jesus. And since they didn’t keep DNA records back then and in fact didn’t know what DNA was nor did poor artisans and laborers keep extensive family records, only rich really did that, no one knows who exactly the descendants of Mary and Joseph are. read more

by Matt Slick12/3/2008One of the more controversial teachings of the Catholic church deals with the perpetual virginity of Mary. This doctrine maintains that Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Jesus and that biblical references suggesting Jesus had siblings are really references to cousins (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 510). read more

Mary had four other sons, Joseph, James, Jude, and Simon. Because of the virgin birth, Joseph was not the father of Jesus so these were the half brothers of Jesus. The last three mentioned are not to be confused with those who were disciples of Jesus by the same name. read more