Did Jesus have brothers and sisters born of Mary

If one wants to rely on what is explicitly stated in the Bible, there really is nothing conclusive. So, to some extent, anything that one thinks about the adelphoi of Jesus -- other than the most general 'could be any number of relationships possible' -- any belief in a narrow meaning of adelphoi relies on tradition/Tradition (including the tradition/Tradition that they were children of Mary).

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I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made.
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;
And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father;
And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the age to come.
Amen.

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I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made.
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;
And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father;
And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the age to come.
Amen.

Here is a question that all may feel free to answer. Suppose the Scriptures teach that the Theotokos bore other children after she gave birth to Christ. Why then did the Fathers who compiled those Scriptures believe in her ever-virginity, and even felt the need to defend her it? It was not as though they were ignorant of the Scriptures, for these Fathers wrote plenty of Scriptural commentary. If the Scriptures are as clear as the Protestant thinks, then why do Orthodox and even many Protestants believe the Theotokos is ever-virgin? Could it be that each tradition interprets the Scriptures from within a different school of thought? Why discard the Orthodox interpretion out of hand and why the need for Evangelicals to believe the Virgin had sex?

And I would be careful not to use the Scriptures that say Christ is "the carpenter's son," first because He was NOT St. Joseph's son - He had no human father, for He is the Unbegotten Son of God the Father - and second because this was spoken by unbelievers.

The OP is about siblings of Jesus Christ, not about the Eternal Virginity of Mary. As a former poster (CaliforniaJosiah) was fond of pointing out, only one denomination has elevated that doctrine to the level of dogma requisite for salvation and that is the Catholic Church. Although the obvious implication of the OP is that siblings would clearly indicate that Joseph and Mary engaged in marital intimacy, marital intimacy frequently does not result in conception and birth. If you wish to engage in discussing the proofs that Joseph and Mary never engaged in marital intimacy ever, then I can dig up one of CJ's threads for you. Here is one of the livelier threads - http://www.christianforums.com/t7366435/