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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