Mary's Genealogy

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Eve wasn't made directly from the soil the way that Adam was. She was
made of human material taken from Adam's body. In effect then, Eve was
Adam's offspring, i.e. his first child.

Hence, from then on, even if all of Eve's children had been 100% virgin
conceived, they would've still been biologically related to Adam seeing as
how every part of her body was made from Adam's body.

So then, unless somebody can prove beyond a shadow of sensible doubt
that no part of Mary's body was in any way biologically related to Eve's
body, then we have to concede that Mary's son Jesus was biologically related
to Eve too, and thus biologically related to Adam.
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It's sometimes suggested that Mary was a surrogate mother. In other
words; baby Jesus was implanted in her womb as an embryo.

But the angel predicted that he would be the result of conception that was to
take place in Mary's body. Well; in order for Mary's body to conceive a baby,
her own ovum would have to be involved.

• Luke 1:31 . . Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and
you shall name him Jesus.

• Luke 2:21 . .When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was
named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in
the womb.
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• Heb 7:14 . . It is clear that our Lord arose from Judah, and in regard to
that tribe, etc.

Throughout the Bible, it is normally the biological father's side of the family
that determines a child's tribal identity, but in Jesus' case there was no
biological father. So tribal determination defaulted to his biological mother's
side.

Mary's situation was unusual but not unbiblical. Inheritance via women
became an expedient back in Num 27:1-8.

Jesus' mom is sometimes alleged to be a member of Levi's tribe due to her
association with Elizabeth (Luke 1:5 and Luke 1:36). However, Levi and
Judah were brothers, i.e. both men were Leah's sons (Gen 29:34-35). So
then Mary and Elizabeth were cousins due to their association with the same
grandma rather than with the same tribe.
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This information is handy for proving that David was Mary's biological
grandfather.

• Rom 1:3 . . [God's] son Jesus Christ our Lord was made of the seed of
David according to the flesh

The Greek word translated "seed" in that passage is sperma (sper' mah)
which is a bit ambiguous because it can refer to biological progeny and/or
spiritual progeny.

I think it's pretty safe to assume that the passage below is speaking of
spiritual progeny.

"If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise." (Gal 3:29)

However; Rom 1:3 is definitely speaking of biological progeny because
David's seed is according to the flesh, i.e. his body.

Also:

• Acts 2:30 . .Therefore [David] being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the
flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

Greek words for "according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ" are not in
the manuscripts. The KJV's editors took the liberty to pencil them into their
English translation.

However, Greek words for "fruit of his loins" are in the manuscript. Those
are reinforced by the wording of the oath at 2Sam 7:12 where again David's
seed is clearly implied to be physical rather than spiritual.

See also Psalm 132:11 where it's said: The Lord has sworn to David, a truth
from which He will not turn back: "Of the fruit of your body I will set upon
your throne."
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