Cleopatra was not ethnically Egyptian, but of Greek origin.
Why it is true
She belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Macedonian origin that ruled Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great, maintaining Greek culture and language at court.
Source: Ancient History
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