Paul Atreides: Ancestors & Descendants Explained

Paul Atreides is the main character in both the book Dune and the new films based on it. He is one of the main characters in Dune and Dune Messiah, the first two books in the series. He also shows up in Children of Dune. The Fremen see him as their saviour, and the Bene Gesserit see him as the Kwizatz Haderach, the result of thousands of years of breeding to bring about a golden age for all people. At the end of Dune, he gets rid of the present Padishah Emperor and marries his daughter to become Emperor of the Known universe. But what do we really know about his roots? By this, I mean how far back his family tree goes, and what about his children and grandchildren? In this video, we'll look at the Atreides bloodline, which includes Muadib's ancestors and offspring. This is a family tree that goes back tens of thousands of years, from the time of the ancient Greeks to many years after the death of the god emperor.

[NaBi_]

The Baron kissing his nephew and Paul children marrying each other .. That Harkonnen's DNA is so strong LOL

[Jadyra]

I find it odd that although Alia and Paul know that the Baron is their paternal grandfather, nowhere in the books do they acknowledge Reverand Mother Mohiam as their grandmother. While Alia 'hears' her mother in her mind through her inner memories, rhe Reverand Mother Mohiam never makes herself known. Could their have been some special reason for that??

[Lord_RFAS]

Aww... You skipped the Cymeks!
I know, not everyone considers Brian's works as canon, but in my view: everything up to Heretics is. After it goes bonkers.

[pamelajohnson]

The old duke was Paulus Atreides who Paul was named after

[massacolonel]

You also forgot Miles Teg, Darwi Ordrade and Lucilla. They are also decsendants of Siona Atreides and Duncan Idaho.

[deadmanexperience]

I see so Paul is Kratos's descendent
No wonder

[GamerplayerWT]

What about Feyd and his unborn child in Lady Fenring?

[AUTUN]

Gaius Helem is not Paul's grand mother, Frank Herbert never wrote that. His son did, but that goes against the Frank Herbert books

[WiseSilverWolf]

Its going to get really weird from Dune 3 on out lol! Im surprised that so many of them never had any kids or never got married.

[xjuanx]

Is it me or didn't Baron Harkonen call Duke Leto, "cousin" when he was about to bite on his tooth to release the poison? Specifically these movies, not for book people.

[ovandocarter]

that jump from ancient times to traveling about in space was too fast.

[luelur]

People in Dune be like "Lisan al-Gaib", "Kwisatz Haderach"... etc etc, like the dude does not already have that Zeus bloodline in him....

Yes that Atreus of the legend is I believe grandson of Tantalus, yes THAT Tantalus who was son of Zeus, literally making Paul (and all Atreides) blood related to Zeus...

[paddycheloti]

you skipped the whole Butlerian Jihad?

[smdanny]

I remember reading somewhere that Leto and Vladmir are related by blood?

[lucabenedetti]

... and what about Miles Teg and Darwi Odrade?

[Ahababicki]

So what of Miles Teg, Dimela and Darwi Odrade?

[lquicnf]

It's wrong where is the famous Vorian Atreides ??

[clay]

You skipped over a significant portion of his Ancestry, specifically the Agamemnon that started machine conquest of the Old Empire and Vorian Atreides.

[komanjoe]

How can House Atreides be traced all the way back to Atreus and Agamemnon? Do we know Agamemnon's descendants today?

[remyazharyyosef]

I'm glad you covered Paul's ancestors that went all the way up to the Atreus of of ancient Greece and to his descendants who are Leto II and Ghanima as well as Siona and Sheeana; for those who are uninitiated about the books.

Personally, I'd stop at "God Emperor". Both "Heretics" and "Chapterhouse" were draggy and boring as heck.