[tiamat]

Interesting. this stuff fascinates me.

Okay. I may have just had a brain-storm.

Jesus is out of the House of David, right?

Are there any Jews living today that can trace their lineage that far back?

if a DNA sample could be gotten from the Shroud, and if a living decendant could be found to compare it to.....Maybe we could find out for sure?

[old-ager]

> Jesus is out of the House of David, right?
> Are there any Jews living today that can trace their lineage that far back?

I have been told that no records survived the final destruction of the temple in 70 A.D.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Besides the fact that DNA from 100 years apart of indirect relatives is a shot in the dark (to wit: that Jefferson nonsense), Jesus was not actually the biological son of Joseph (and hence David). He may only have been the bio son of Mary, whose lineage is, of course being a woman, ignored. In any case, being the actual Son of God, it's possible there is no real DNA to go on, anyway.

[Yaelle]

Are there any Jews living today that can trace their lineage that far back?

I think that the Lubavicher Rebbe could trace his lineage back that far. I don't believe he, of blessed memory, had any children, but perhaps he had nephews or cousins?

[Khurkris]

read 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail', that path has been followed.

[Aquinasfan]

if a DNA sample could be gotten from the Shroud, and if a living decendant could be found to compare it to.....Maybe we could find out for sure?

The blood type on the

Shroud of Turin
Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano
Sudarium of Oviedo

is AB.

Type AB blood occurs in 2% of the population.

[Xenalyte]

Are there any Jews living today that can trace their lineage that far back?

According to some, the Plantard de St. Clair family is Davidian (and Merovingian, which opens up a HUGE can of worms).

[Swordmaker]

if a DNA sample could be gotten from the Shroud, and if a living decendant could be found to compare it to.....Maybe we could find out for sure?

Broken strands of DNA have been recovered from the Shroud... but they are far too degraded to provide any matching information. There is also the problem of eith 650 or 2000 years of people drooling, touching, follicating, and other human natural emissions perhaps contaminating the Shroud.

[gal522]

Pretty unlikely when you consider the Diaspora of the Jews. They were so thoroughly scattered after 70 AD when the Romans destroyed the temple and drove them out, I doubt anyone could claim a lineage that far back. But who knows?