I have often wondered why not one of these biblical characters actually had any listed decendants living to day? Who actually was Moses and who was his family? Or was he born a slave, etc. etc. Mary had to have had a Mother and Father as did Joseph, etc. I guess their blood lines died out, etc. After all it seems that back in this time folks had no last names, etc. Why really was that? Joseph & Mary had no last name, whether single or married, etc. Somethings just out of place here, ain't sounding right, etc. All we got was, lets say, "Moses." no last name? That means that millions of people living in that Region of the world back in Jesus's time had no last names! And I right? If i asked what family Mary or Joseph came from, what response would I get? Now somebody tell us why folks had no last names back then, but got them now! What did they do after Christ, just pull last names out of some Palestine hat? That's a tough one....