CLEOPATRA: Insanely Inbred in Real Life- Family Tree- Mortal Faces

Cleopatra was even more INBRED than Habsburg's Charles II of Spain. In this video I recreate the Berlin Cleopatra Bust to see how she might have looked in real life. I also add her coin to recreate her real face. AND SHOW HER CRAZY TANGLED FAMILY TREE.

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Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt/Pharaoh (69BC-30BC). She was the last Ptolemaic Queen to rule Egypt after 300 years of her family being on the throne. Her son (Ptolemy XV Caesar) briefly ruled after her but was likely killed by the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus.

Cleopatra's family began the Ptolemaic Dynasty with her Ancestor Ptolemy I who ruled over Egypt after Alexander the Great's death (304/305BCE). The Ptolemy family were from Macedonia but followed Egyptian tradition where sons married daughters and had children. This kept the blood line pure. Surprisingly they were still fertile after 300 years of inbreeding, especially when you look at the many issues Charles II of Spain inherited due to his own inbreeding.

Cleopatra was a capable and strong ruler who influenced Roman politics and had her famous relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony. The Egyptian Empire was prosperous under her rule.

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[jamestrickingtonIII]

I hate when there aren’t any available sisters to marry so you have to settle for a cousin 😑

[dontbesoforLorn]

The inbreeding is bad enough without using and reusing like the same four names for 300 years to make it even more confusing.

[dearhaochen]

“He married an outsider, because there were no sisters to marry”… got me laughing 😂

[sofia-rosegionomo]

I like that they just kept naming their children all the same things and just tacking a number on it, how is it possible for 300 years they only used like 4 names, I'm almost impressed. You've gotta love consistency

[basedloser]

I once saw a comment where someone said “Most people have 8 great grandparents, cleopatra has 2. They talk about her beauty but realistically it’s lucky she was able to be born with fully formed lungs”
I finally get it.

[Dobby_]

"He married an outsider because there were no sisters to marry." *banjo noises intensify*

[meelsky]

I’m sure many people have pointed this out, but her famous beauty didn’t refer to her physical looks, it refers to her personality and intellect.

[Sarahscg]

Sooo is this where the Disney movie Hercules got the quote from pain “the time all the boys were named Jason and all the girls were all named Brittany “ 😂 omg that makes it way more funnier

[melissak]

“Cleopatra eventually chose her youngest son because she wasn’t too impressed that her other son tried to assassinate her”

[ankavoskuilen]

When you hear this, it sounds complicated but it all (almost) comes down to:
Boys are named Ptolemy and girls are named Cleopatra.
Ptolemy marries Cleopatra.
Not complicated at all.

[dylanpilcheruniverse]

It’s really amazing how easily people have breezed past how inbred she really was. Therefore this in that alone is one of the more insightful pieces I’ve seen on cleopatra. Sometimes we prefer our imaginations to reality.

[funnatopia]

You have to keep in mind also that Pharaohs weren't limited to just one wife.

The Great Royal Wife was the main wife (and was usually the Sibling of the Pharaoh) whose sons were automatically next in line, while the other wives were labeled as lesser wives whose sons essentially served as backups in case the Great Royal Wife either fails to birth sons or her sons die before their father.


The Great Royal Wife was the only one that was recorded in the dynasty's history, and it wasn't always her biological son that became the next Pharaoh.

Cleopatra was likely spared from the majority of the consequences that plagued incestuous dynasties solely because of this system.

[emmalicious]

I think she may have been average looking, but as a pharaoh her beauty may have been exaggerated, or cosmetics did the work. Also, her intelligence may have made her attractive.

[coconoisette]

"He married his full sister, _apparently_ they were in love"
"He married an outsider because there were no sisters to marry"
"Cleopatra would go on, to no surprise, to marry her older brother"
The shade lmaoo i swear these videos are the best it just keeps getting worse and the narrator gets increasingly fed up with the bullshit

[Askeladd_]

You didn’t mention the reason they were inbreeding. Context: The reason the Ptolemy royals practiced incėst was, upon conquering Egypt and becoming pharaoh, Ptolemy I adopted Egyptian religious customs as instructed by the Egyptian priestly class, these customs included sibling marriages, something uncommon in Macedon. This was an Egyptian royal custom, perhaps common Egyptians also practiced some form of inbreeding, as first cousin-marriages are relatively common in present Egypt and also the countries of the near east today.

[alittleimagination]

4:38 it's like the couldn't keep track of the number, and when they learned they skipped to 8, they decided to go back to 7 instead of going to 9. Lol

[theshiniestmermaidonearth]

Wow, her family tree was like a bowl of spaghetti. I've also heard that it's very possible Cleopatra's mother cheated on her father with someone outside the family lineage, and that's why she didn't have many deformities compared to those around her.

[SmilesUEver]

I doubt Cleopatra was ugly or looked deformed. She lured both Julius Caesar and Marcus Antony to her bed and had kids with them. She was likely exotic-looking and knew how to use her body and personality. She was intelligent and knew how to manipulate.

[Moi_]

I think people were required to say she was beautiful. She was a ruler.

[elisekellett]

Oh I'm really going to have a chuckle to myself the next time someone claims to have been Cleopatra in a former life 😄😄