The legend of Jesus' great-grandmother

And John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin.

I've also read that Joseph or Arimathea may have been his uncle, or at least a close male relative, and that he might also have been a soldier and friend of Pontius Pilate. One story also has it that the real father of Jesus was a soldier and that he visited him sometimes. I suspect that there's a whole lot of history on this subject that we'll never know, such as whether he was really married to Mary of Magdala and the wedding feast of Cana was really his own wedding, etc, etc.

This is just someone's flight of fancy. First of all, it's not recorded in the bible as to the names of the Virgin Mary's grandparents, nor do we know the names of St.Joseph's parents either.We know St.Zachary and St.Elizabeth were the parents of St.John the Baptist,and Elizabeth was Mary's cousin.However we have no idea if Joseph and Mary had brothers and sisters,or what their names were.This is nothing but a pious myth that came about in the Middle Ages.Look at the Legend of St.Ursula,and her 10,000 companions.Most likely she and some women were martyered at Cologne Germany in the past, but ... [More]

According to medieval manus, the great-grandmother of Jesus was St. Ismeria. http://news.discovery.com/history/jesus-great-grandmother.html

on his fathers side?

Nah, I think it was his mother's side. The article said St. Ismeria gave birth to St. Ann, who was Mary's mother. So, yeah, I guess it was his mom's side.

And since when do we give credit to legends that have no basis in historical fact, having been created 1000 years after the fact.