How are Mary and Elizabeth related?

[donadams]

Mary was of the tribe of Judah and the house of David the king.

Elizabeth was of the tribe of Levi and the house of Aaron.

How could they be related?

Lk 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

Lk 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

 

[donadams]

Scr

You are thinking way too modern and way too western. Joseph raised HIM as a son. That was defacto adoption. In that day, adoption actually changed your parentage. Example: When Alexander the Great was set to take over Israel, he chose not to and was legally adopted into the lineage of David, (possible as an adult also) which meant Menelaus was no longer his father.

Side note: The mother's lineage did not count for anything in that day and culture.

says Joseph is the father of Jesus! Jn 1:45