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John and George Durie

Father John Durie, a Jesuit, arrived from France in 1585 with Father Edmund Hay, disguised a servants to a priest, Robert Bruce. He wrote the controversial "Refutatio Responsionis Whitakeri ad X Rationes Compiani". He became Governor of Dumfries, and converted Lord Maxwell to Catholicism. In 1586, all Jesuits were expelled, so they left the capital and "retired". John died in 1588.

In 1586-87 another Jesuit, George Durie, arrived from France when Queen Mary died.

The question is - were they sons or nephews of the two Bishops, Andrew and George?