Diogenes said:
Have you ever seen the series of books that began with:
"Holy Blood, Holy Grail "
Michael Baigent Henry Lincoln Richard Leigh
They support the idea that the descendants of Jesus are alive today.
Yes, I am aware (though never finished) Holy Blood, Holy Grail. It was just too speculative and oogly/boogly.
Actually, my question arises not out of some strange belief that decendents of Jesus are still about, forming part of the illuminati or the families of the idiot crowned heads of Europe. Rather, my question is purely anthropological. I assume Jesus, if he existed, was essentially, a motivated, auto-didactic peasant. I assume his wife, if he had one, was a peasant too and that any children he had just became part of the peasant society in to which they were born...i.e. if Jesus' direct genes are still gene pool, they are general and not focused in Scotland, or Southern France, etc. (heck, if they are anywhere in Europe, than it is likely that anyone with European roots alive today, has em').
(Besides, I always thought if he had children, they would have been mentioned in the gospels, I mean, how could Grandma Mary, standing at the base of the cross at the crucifiction not take in little Billy-Bob and Alice?).
No, my questions arise out of interest in whether 12 un-married men roaming around the countryside in Galilee would have been common, understandable, likely, etc. In other words, the details of the Gospels, not the big picture.
