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Might I point out that if you believe Jesus was the Son of God then his children would also be God's direct offspring. That means they would be born without a sin nature. The story doesn't point that out because it first discredits the claim of Christ's own divinity.

That's where the story fails. While it is certainly true that people were looking for a Messiah before and after Jesus (Messiah in the sense of a leader - the Romans and Jews were frequently clashing before and after Jesus, and it was a very violent time for a few hundred years and the Jews were constantly looking for a leader of sorts), and that all of the representatives of various branches of Christianity did vote on Jesus' divinity, all but 2 said "Yes, he is the Son of God". This message is lost in the story - they would just have you believe he was mortal and had offspring and go from there, without looking at the context.

While God certainly promised King David that his line would continue forever (and there is no reason to believe it hasn't), and while in a historical/Jewish context it's certainly possible and maybe even probable Jesus was married, I don't think the two came together (i.e. he had offspring). It wouldn't have served God's purpose and it could have diluted certain messages (i.e. the One True Son).

He was one to lead by example, and if He were married it would certainly reinforce what He taught His followers at the time, in regards to marriage, both His beliefs and those of the Jewish people in general.

The fact is, that while there was a historical/religious context for Jesus to have been married, the Da Vinci Code story and movie were also mainly based on documents that were proven to be fake, and the main group (Priory of Scion or however you spell it) was created as a hoax in the 1950s or 1960s by one or two individuals (who confessed in the 1980s or 1990s). It's a shame in a way, because it is interesting to ponder Jesus' life as a Jew and the potential or probability for marriage, but that doesn't sell as many books or movie tickets, I suppose.

See, already the "fiction" of the movie is getting intermingled with facts in religious discussions. It was fiction, Jesus was not married and all would be better off not tampering with what God told us in order to please what we think.

You know - it does not matter what we think - it only matters what God let us know He thinks. God is the one we follow - our little human view is merely whether we try and follow God or we waste time making up our own religion.

Do you really think God will follow what YOU tell him religion is? Or, did God create this world and man and set up a plan where we could be perfect enough to live in his presence for eternity? If He did, then He is the one determining what is required for eternity. Not what any of us ants think is required. We take it or leave it.

Which is why it is so dangerous to even pose theories about what might have been that was hidden, etc.

They mean absolutely nothing but can lead the ignorant along a path going no where.