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I have little doubt that your solution will hold water with those folks who are determined to see Jesus their own way. Catholics have a few dogmas and can believe what they want for the rest. We Catholic GENERALLY believe the Church teachings about Christ since they've been around for 2000+ years and have some historical validity.
Non-Catholic Christianity hasn't been around for very long and the fact that there are so many different denominations shows the variety of beliefs and practices.

This is only an observation, of course, not a condemnation. I thought it interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members

Gruel so thin it can’t fill a spoon.

Christ had biological siblings - resulting from sex between Joseph and Mary.

Exactly how God designed marriage and commanded couples to “be fruitful and multiply.” He gave married couples the gift of pleasurable sex, the bounty of children, and He says to them in inspired Scripture, “imbibe deeply, o lovers.”

It wasnt until blessed Mary was made into a demigoddess that this other kind of nonsense arose.

Msgr. Pope’s name is misspelled in the credit (Popeo - like the new CIA director?)

My husband’s family calls everyone, regardless of distance of relationship, “cousin.” Theirs is a huge extended family and I suppose “cousin” just makes it easier than, say, “second cousin three times removed.”

Question: We are often told that “brother” or “sister” in the New Testament texts can also be understood as cousins. By why then, in Luke 1:36, does the New Jerusalem Bible refer to Elizabeth as Mary’s “cousin?” Why was the word for “sister” not used there as it is elsewhere?— Robert Tisovich, via email

Answer: The Greek word used in Luke 1:36 is “suggenes” and means “relative” or “kinsman.” It is from the Greek roots “syn” (with) and “genos” (seed or offspring). So, the word here refers to Elizabeth as being related to Mary in some physical but unspecified way. Thus, the English word “cousin” is perhaps too specific. “Kinswoman” or “relative” are more accurate translations.

So the question did not get answered at all...Why wasn't the word sister used if sister means kin???

Mar_3:35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Sister
ἀδελφή
adelphē
ad-el-fay'
Feminine of G80; a sister (natural or ecclesiastical): - sister.

Sister does NOT mean kin...Sister means sister...Mary had a cousin and Jesus had a sister...