[Junior]

Joachim was Mary's father, and Anne was her mother.

St. Anne, the spouse of Joachim, was the Mother of Our Lady and the grandmother of Our Lord. The devotion to St. Anne has increased very much in the whole Church. She is much venerated as the Patron of Brittany.

[bondserv]

Many Theologians believe that Heli was the father of Mary.

There has been speculation as to Heli being the Half brother of Jacob (Josephs real father) and that he married the widowed mother of Mary.

The passage could be more accurately read "And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, (being as was supposed the son of Joseph) which was the son of Heli." By removing the parenthetical thought it would be "And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, which was the son of Heli." The first male in Jesus' lineage on Mary's side would be Heli.