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Were there non-Jewish people in Jesus's genealogy?

Yes. Ruth, the great grand mother of Jesse, the father of David was one. She was a Moabite - a people born out of an indecent relationship of a daughter with her father name Lot (Abraham's nephew). There miht have been more - Thamar, wife of Judah, the tribal head and possibly Rahab of the city of Jericho were other people in the genealogy of Jesus.
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