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Talmudic law determines lineage through the mother
If Mary was a cousin she would have been buried in her own family's tomb
If she had been the offspring of a prior marriage, she would have been buried in her mother's family's tomb

regardless, from the description it appears as though the only DNA samples they were able to recover tested for maternal relations

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