There is a growing conspiracy, greatly heightened by the book, "Holy Blood Holy Grail", and then brought into mainstream attention with the movie the Da Vinci Code. Many believe that Jesus was actually married to Mary Magdeline and then his bloodline was brought over to France where the descendents went on to become the Merovingians.

People also point out to how Mary Magdeline was not a prostitute and how the early church wanted to downplay her role to make her look like she was unimportant. They also point out how they wanted to keep a strong male power base and didn't want to portray Mary Magdeline as a smart, important women.