Desposyni

The Desposyni is the term applied to the direct family and extended family of Jesus of Nazareth. They are the stuff of church legends and the ancestors to all branches of the modern day Great Families. The word Desposyni is from the Greek and means "of the Lord," obviously pertaining to the bloodline's Divine relation. 
James, Joses, Jude and Simon are listed in the New Testament as being the brothers of Jesus Christ. Sisters are also explicitly stated as well. Most scholars agree that these family members held positions of importance within the early Church, especially James who would go on to become head of an entire church. 
Sometime around the 3rd century a presbyter within the early Church, Sextus Julius Africanus, refers to these descendants as the Desposyni. 
After Constantine legalised Christianity, the Desposyni went from leaders of a respectable but ultimately minority religion to novelties sought after by the elite of the Roman Empire. It took little time for the Desposyni bloodline to intermix with the Roman aristocratic families and from there it spread to other royal and aristocratic bloodlines found throughout the known world. 
This is the genesis of what is today recognized as the Great Families. 
== References: ==
-http://desposynichurch.org/
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus
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