Prior to this document kingship was passed on through the matrilineal DNA of the female member of the royal family. We all learned this in high school, but it was taught as the "Divine Right of Kings". Unfortunately, we were not taught the entire lesson.

It was common practice in ancient Egypt for pharaohs to marry their sisters for the sole purpose to progress their claim to kingship through the female line.

In Ancient Egypt the system for becoming a Pharaoh or ruler of the land was exclusively through heredity that is by the matrilineal royal bloodline. The Pharaoh was always male, being the oldest male heir of the previous Pharaoh. In order to rule he had to marry a female who carried royal blood. In practical terms this meant that Pharaohs were married to their own sisters, or at least half sisters, most of the time. If a sister or half sister was unavailable, they married someone else who carried royal blood.

These wives were often half-sisters, born of their mothers by different fathers, for it was the mitochondria DNA of the matrilineal succession that was important to the dynasties. Note that both sons and daughters inherit the mitochondria from mothers, since the DNA resides within the female egg cells.

Genealogical charts of the era show that there were many successive kingly dynasties. When a pharaoh died it was important that his queen had a female heiress, because it was upon the daughter's marriage into another male line that the dynasty began. Pharaohs chose their wives very carefully and often strategically chose to marry into more than more than one of the original Mesopotamian royal bloodline.

Occasionally the Elf-Maiden would marry a brother to solidify her claim to the throne. Cleopatra came to power in Egypt at the age of 17 by marrying her younger brother. Queen Cleopatra reigned from 51-30 B.C. It is interesting to note that the last of pharaohs was not only a woman she was also not Egyptian! As a Ptolemy, Cleopatra was Macedonian, but even though her ancestry was not Egyptian, her royal blood ensured that this queen would be worshipped as a God.

Have you read or watched the stories about Cinderella, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty or Rapunzel? All of these stories have one common theme, which is to save the "damsel in distress", or Elf-Queen. The Grail Kings could not continue their bloodline without the Grail Queen. If the "knight in shining armor" was unsuccessful in saving the damsel than they royal seed could not be passed on to the next generation. The majorities of this tales are thousands of years old and were written by unknown authors.

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