Who was Joseph's father?

Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth, was the adoptive father of Jesus. But who was Joseph’s father? Jesus’ genealogy in Matthew’s Gospel names a certain Jacob, whereas Luke’s says that Joseph was “son of Heli.” Why the seeming discrepancy? Luke 3:23; Matthew 1:16

Matthew’s account reads: “Jacob became father to Joseph,” employing a Greek term indicating clearly that Jacob was Joseph’s natural father.

So Matthew was tracing Joseph’s natural genealogy, the kingly line of David, through which the legal right to the throne passed to Joseph’s adoptive son, Jesus.

Luke’s account says: “Joseph, son of Heli.” That expression, son of, can be understood as son-in-law of.

A similar case is found at Luke 3:27, where Shealtiel, whose real father was Jeconiah, is listed as son of Neri.

Shealtiel was likely married to an unnamed daughter of Neri, thus becoming his son-in-law. Joseph was in the same sense son of Heli, as he married Heli’s daughter Mary.

So Luke traces Jesus’ natural lineage according to the flesh, through his biological mother, Mary.

The Bible thus gives us two distinct and useful genealogies for Jesus.

Matthew’s account reads: “Jacob became father to Joseph,” using a Greek term showing clearly that Jacob was Joseph’s natural father. Matthew was tracing Joseph’s natural genealogy, the kingly line of David, through which the legal right to the throne passed to Joseph’s adoptive son, Jesus.

Luke’s account says: “Joseph, son of Heli.” That expression, “son of,” can be understood as “son-in-law of.”

Note Luke 3:27, where Shealtiel, whose real father was Jeconiah, is listed as “son of Neri.” (1 Chronicles 3:17; Matthew 1:12) Shealtiel was likely married to an unnamed daughter of Neri, thus becoming his son-in-law. Joseph was in the same sense “son” of Heli, as he married Heli’s daughter Mary.

So Luke traces Jesus’ natural lineage “according to the flesh,” through his biological mother, Mary. (Romans 1:3) The Bible thus gives us two distinct and useful genealogies for Jesus.

Joseph was in the same sense “son” of Heli, as he married Heli’s daughter Mary.

Joseph's father was Jacob.

Jacob was Joseph’s father.

Heli was Mary’s father. Joseph as the son of Heli was understood was the son-in-law of Heli.

Matthew records Joseph's lineage while Luke records Mary's genealogy.

"The word “of whom” Jesus was born is feminine in Greek, indicating (naturally enough) that Jesus was born of Mary, not Joseph. The Greek also says “Jacob begat Joseph” – making it 100% clear that Joseph’s father’s name was Jacob."

http://bibleq.net/answer/2926/

Well, would you look at that you actually got Jake to say something other than "durrr rosary durr."

The two lineage accounts do not match up. One account is traced through Mary which is unusual, because it was customarily done through the males. Mary's father was Heli, Luke 3:23 and Heli was Joseph's father-in-law, and Joseph could have been adopted by Heli (speculation). Mary and Joseph intersect with Zerubbabel, Notice Rhesa, Luke 3:27 and Abiud of Matthew 1:13. Mary is linked to Nathan, Luke 3:31 and Joseph is linked to David. (Joseph was not Jesus' physical father, but his legal father, thus descended from David. Jesus linked to Mary by blood. Matthew follows the line of Joseph, but Luke emphasizes the line of Mary. Matthew 1:17 mentions "fourteen generations", the reason being twice 7 (completeness) and 14 is the numerical value of the name "David",

Jacob and Rachel are his parents.

Maybe Jacob died and his widow married Heli. In the Old Testament, a man was supposed to marry his brother's widow and raise up sons for him.