Are there living relatives of Jesus on earth today?

Answer 1

Every person who believes in him is his relative.

Alternately:

If this question is a reference to the book/movie by Dan Brown, The DaVinci Code, and regarding blood relation rather than one of faith:

The Catholic Church denies it, other religious governing bodies seem to have no comment, and this is likely unknowableanyway. Even a DNA test comparing a person alive today and the blood from the Shroud of Turin would require faith that the shroud were indeed soaked with the blood of Jesus.

Answer 2

There are probably no descendants from Our Lord's Family living today. Contrary to what Protestants & modern Bible scholars believe, Christ Was an Only Child. Some of His cousins became His Apostles (such as St. James, etc), & wouldn't have had time to raise a family. St. John the Baptist, Our Lord's distant cousin, was celibate & wouldn't have had a family even if he hadn't been Martyred.

Answer 3

Here Jesus was earthly son of Joseph and Mary. and The Bible clearly states that Jesus had other brothers and sister. So there could be relatives living today.. But if you ask as he is the son of God he can not have children .

Answer 4

Almost certainly yes - if you imagine that he possibly had brothers or sisters and probably at least had cousins and second cousins then there would be thousands of descendants who could claim to be of the same family. MORE INFO: The above statement is more opinion than historical fact. No records exist to prove that there are relatives and that they would exist today.

PS from first contributor:

To say something is possible or probable is not necessarily an opinion it is a statement that doesn't require an opinion, but it has to be scientific. To say that no records exist to prove that there are relatives is a statement which is true but it is not evidence itself. It is simply evidence that no records exist. In fact the biblical record states that Jesus did have siblings. Scholars today dispute whether this refers to actual brothers and sisters or cousins, and we do not know. The question of whether Jesus has living relatives today has to be of course that it depends on how wide you cast the net of who was a relative at the time of Jesus. If you go back several generations, then ultimately the whole tribe of Benjamin would qualify.

Answer 5

Matthew12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother." (spiritually)

Answer 6

The genealogical records of Jesus were destroyed in 70 C.E.