I'll have to check mine, but it seems there was a daughter of Joseph of Arimanthea (don't tear me up for the spelling, I'm doing this off the top of my head) who was the half-brother of Jesus. I just copied this stuff and laid it to the side because I figured there would never be a way to prove it. Now I'll have to dig and get names. Another project! :-) Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: JF <gen9@cox.net> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:27:45 -0700 To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PDP] Ancestors of our ancestors > Hi Wendy, > > Priestlybride wrote: > > >I have only researched using what others have done. I found information > >going way back to BC and to the tribe of Judah (Bible) through the twin > >Zerah. I tried looking at other sources to verify this and found the same > >information. I also got a copy of Queen Elizabeth's geneology because I > >knew they traced the line through King David back to Judah through Zerah's > >twin, Perez. > > > >According to this geneological chart of hers, she shows lines going back to > >both Zerah AND Perez who were the sons of Judah. > > > >Is this what you were getting at?? > > > That's kind of the idea. Should you want to verify this line, or parts > of it that can be verified, I was thinking we probably, collectively, > have the resources here to do that. I'd probably try to figure out who > was the gateway ancestor to the various tribes of Judah and start there. > By gateway ancestor, we usually mean the one who emigrated to the > American colonies or the U.S. if they came after the colonial period. > But it also means the ancestor who connects from one group, say of > Jewish heritage, to another, like someone of French or Germanic > heritage. The one who bridges the gap between two groups which otherwise > haven't been know to intermarry to any great extent. That's the ancestor > you'd want to start with and work back finding who has verifying sources > to see how valid such a line is. I just suggested it to see who wanted > to participate and who didn't. > > Thanks > > Jim > > -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

Donna Delgadillo wrote: >I'll have to check mine, but it seems there was a daughter of Joseph of Arimanthea (don't tear me up for the spelling, I'm doing this off the top of my head) who was the half-brother of Jesus. I just copied this stuff and laid it to the side because I figured there would never be a way to prove it. Now I'll have to dig and get names. Another project! > He was mentioned in all four Gospels of the New Testament and was written about by Flavius Josphus, so there's certainly reason to believe he existed. As I recall he was said to have been variously the uncle of Mary, mother of Jesus or was really James, Jesus' brother, who changed his name. Joseph's daughter, from Arthurian legends, Anna or Enygeus, was said to have married Bran 'the Blessed', the Arch Druid who in Welsh and British legendary sources was ancestor of the early British kings. Bran was reputedly the son of Llyr, who himself, according to legend, was the Celtic god who ruled the sea. So, not to put too fine a point on it, we have some unknown (probably pagan) British king claiming descent from a legendary demigod married to an early Christian/Jewish relative of Jesus, and... we can't prove any of it. Hey, works for me! :-P Jim