How were Cleopatra and Julius Caesar related?

Cleopatra has never appeared on the list of most popular names for babies. Neither has the world known another Cleopatra. There are actually several pharaohs who have adapted the name, but no one came close to Cleopatra VII. She has surpassed the fame of any Egyptian pharaoh. read more

Julius Caesar and Cleopatra also had a son, Caesarion. Julius Caesar sent for his wife and son to be brought to Rome, with the great surprise of the Roman people. Out of respect for Julius Caesar, the people did not really give much attention to the fact that Julius Caesar married a foreign woman albeit having a Roman wife (McManus, 2001). read more

Cleopatra was of Greek ancestry and Julius Caesar was of Italian ancestry. They were not related in recent times[but it is posible that they were related genetically from very ancient times through their most distant ancestors. read more

Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew whom he adopted as his son and heir. Born Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C., the future Augustus was the son of Octavius, a relatively average praetor from Velitrae, and Atia, the daughter of Julius Caesar's sister Julia. read more