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Originally Posted by smooth
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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what if HE were the offspring of a prior marriage though?
nothing they did told the age of either of the ones tested, isnt it perfectly possible they were related paternally, him being the older and her being the younger of two diff mothers