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Cleopatra's family was actually Greek and she was the first of her family to speak Egyptian even though they had ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years. She was a descendant of one of Alexander the great's Brothers who became the first non-Egyptian Pharaoh after Alexandr's Empire was divided up after his untimely death.
Technically, she was of Macedonian Greek origin, so she was not Egyptian 'by blood'. However, in attempt to legitimize their rule, the Ptolemaic Dynasty, of which Cleopatra was the last, took up Egyptian religion, customs, and culture. So by the time Cleopatra came around, they were very much culturally Egyptian.

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