▁on ▁the ▁ph ara oh . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁firm , ▁the ▁mic ros at ellite ▁data ▁suggested ▁that ▁T ut ank ham un ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁ha p lo group ▁R 1 b 1 a 2 , ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁pat ernal ▁cla de ▁among ▁males ▁in ▁Western ▁Europe . ▁Car sten ▁P usch ▁and ▁Albert ▁Z ink , ▁who ▁led ▁the ▁unit ▁that ▁had ▁extracted ▁T ut ank ham un ' s ▁DNA , ▁ch ided ▁i GEN E A ▁for ▁not ▁l ia ising ▁with ▁them ▁before ▁establish ing ▁the ▁project . ▁After ▁exam ining ▁the ▁foot age , ▁they ▁also ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁method ology ▁the ▁company ▁used ▁was ▁uns cient ific ▁with ▁P utsch ▁calling ▁them ▁" simp ly ▁impossible ". ▁ ▁Cle op atra ▁ ▁The ▁race ▁and ▁skin ▁color ▁of ▁Cle op atra ▁VII , ▁the ▁last ▁active ▁H ellen istic ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁Mac ed onian ▁Greek ▁P to le ma ic ▁dynast y ▁of ▁Egypt , ▁established ▁in ▁ 3 2 3 ▁B CE , ▁has ▁also ▁caused ▁some ▁debate , ▁although ▁generally ▁not ▁in ▁scholar ly ▁sources . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁article ▁" W as ▁Cle op atra ▁Black ?" ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Eb ony ▁magazine ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁and ▁an ▁article ▁about ▁Af ro cent r ism ▁from ▁the ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Post - Dispatch ▁mentions ▁the ▁question , ▁too . ▁Sch ol ars ▁generally ▁identify ▁Cle op atra ▁as ▁essentially ▁of ▁Greek ▁ancest ry ▁with