Is there anyone who can trace their lineage back to an ancient Roman emperor?

Question

In detail I refer to any living person/persons who can prove that they are the living decendents of the Julio-Claudians.

Answer 1

No, there is nobody who can trace their genealogy back to a Roman Emperor. This is because the dark ages intervened between the Roman era and today. There are not enough records from the dark ages to trace genealogy back before the dark ages.

Answer 2

Not reliably. The Imperial family of Japan goes back a thousand years or more. Some of the Royal families of Europe can go back to the the 1200's, assuming none of those queens messed around with a guy who looked like the King, but the rest of us can't go back before 1500 - 1600 without huge leaps of faith.

Answer 3

If you can locate records you can go back as far as possible. I have a similar line that I have researched, that has to do with royalty of the Holy Roman Empire. As for the 'dark ages', nobility and churches kept records. Example my research has taken me back to circa 580 with Pippin of Landen, he was Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian king Dagobert. With church birth records as well as documented history I have tranced direct blood line from Pippin the Elder to my 2nd Great Grandmother. This connection took years of research and a lot of unanswered questions.

Answer 4

I'm sure there are.  Google genealogy or family tree and find out.  Proof lies in a genetic test.  Can/will they offer it up?

Answer 5

A lot of people probably have done so but to have documentation that meets professional genealogy standards would be very questionable. A lot of people can make claims but usually they can't prove it.

Among the Roman nobility (Papal nobility), there are a few families that claim ties to the Roman republic, the Massimo being one of them. I believe also the Colonna.   Their family lines can be traced back to the early first melennium.

The males in this nobility have the title "Prince."  Usually  more than one male in the same family can have that title.

Pope Paul VI dissolved the Papal Court in the later 60s.  However, I understand there is a member of the Aldobrandini family with a high Vatican position and he must be addressed as prince.

The young man that publicist dubbed as royalty that was on the Bachelor, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, comes from this nobility.  He, I understand, explained more than once that the Borghese are not royalty but nobility.  He is a direct descendant of James II of England but a descendancy that far back doesn't mean you are royalty.