Cleopatra VII - Ancestry

Ancestry

The high degree of inbreeding amongst the Ptolemies is also evident when one considers Cleopatra's immediate family. Her parents were likely brother and sister and hence she had only one set of grandparents. Those grandparents were uncle and niece, again limiting the number of ancestors. The relatively small number of ancestors can be seen from the possible ancestry of Cleopatra VII as shown below.

Ptolemy V Epiphanes Cleopatra I of Egypt
Ptolemy VIII Physcon Ptolemy VI Philometor Cleopatra II of Egypt
Cleopatra III of Egypt
Ptolemy X Alexander I Cleopatra Selene I Ptolemy IX Lathyros Cleopatra IV of Egypt
Berenice III of Egypt Ptolemy XII Auletes
Cleopatra V of Egypt
Cleopatra VII

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