Are there any living descendants of ancient Egypt?
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Are there any living descendants of ancient Egypt?
Originally Answered: Are there any descendants of the ancient Egyptians? Yes. At least 90\% of people in Egypt today are Ethnic Egyptians (including Egyptians with some Non-Egyptian ancestors), and the other 10\% are either Arabs, Jews, or other Non-Egyptian peoples, with the majority of these being Arab.
A Swiss genetics company has claimed that up to 70 per cent of British men are related to the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Around 70 per cent of Spanish and 60 per cent of French men also belong to the genetic group of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.
Are You descendant of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh?
But almost everyone in the world today should have some lines of descent from ancient Egyptian pharaohs. But tracing the ancestry of someone alive today back to any ancient Egyptian pharaoh is another matter, and nobody alive to day can prove that they are descended from an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh.
Who was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
A wax depiction of Cleopatra VII. Cleopatra VII is considered the last Egyptian Pharaoh. She was born in about 69 BC to Ptolemy XII, also known as Auletes and Cleopatra V Tryphaena.
Are the Copts the descendants of Pharaonic Egypt?
Only people with very limited knowledge on ancient Egypt would claim that Copts are actually descendants of Pharaonic Egypt. People with no knowledge of History and archaeological studies. The Copts are an ethno-religous group in Egypt whose emergence surfaced during the Greek/Roman era of ancient Egypt.
What happened to the descendants of the first king of Egypt?
The descendants of the first King of all Egypt might have died out in the first few generations. Or they might continue down to the present time, in which case they are likely to be extremely numerous. After more than 5,000 years the first king of all Egypt would probably have billions of living descendants.