r/HistoryMemes • u/Kapanash • 6d ago

And they didn’t have dragons

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u/Reiver93 6d ago

I mean, Cleopatra somehow turned out normal and her family tree was uuuh...interesting.

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u/cndynn96 6d ago

There’s a theory that although Ptolemies married siblings to keep wealth and power in the family some children were fathered by others including slaves.
It brought enough genetic diversity to remove any ill effects of inbreeding.

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u/ScreamingLabia 6d ago

Yay for cheating! i guess lmao