[Judith Anne]

If Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and had no "natural" human father, then His human form would contain a genetic code (DNA) that was identical to Mary's. I would ponder on that for a moment and think about the possible ramifications of that salient fact.

You are speaking of parthenogenesis, which occurs naturally, though very rarely. In such cases, only a daughter can be born.

If you accept that Almighty God can conceive by a virgin, then you must accept that He can give her the DNA necessary to have a Son. That DNA is not available to us to study, nor should it be, in my opinion.

[Alberta's Child]

If you accept that Almighty God can conceive by a virgin, then you must accept that He can give her the DNA necessary to have a Son. That DNA is not available to us to study, nor should it be, in my opinion.

Neither is the DNA of Mary, by the way. You can spend a billion years digging thousands of feet below the surface in every square inch of the Holy Land, and your odds of finding Mary's body in a tomb are no better than your odds of finding her Son's body in a tomb.

Hence, the doctrine of the Assumption.

I rest my case.