Hi. I am new this board... I know who Smenkhare are. Yes he is half-brother of Tutankhamen. Father is Akhenaten. Mother is Tiye. Other three daughters...

Here pic: It was Smenkhare.

Thansk Zericzorg. That is the generally accepted view but there are theorists who say the Smenkhare was the brother of Akhenaten, and others that say "he" was none other than Nefertiti assuming the role of Pharaoh. I personally believe that he was the brother of Tutankhamun but I do have nagging doubts over the lack of evidence. Is there any evidence about the identity of his mother. Was it Kiya, Nefertiti or possibly a third and unknown wife? As to the Nefertiti theory I think it is an interesting one but no all that likely. I wont go on though as I need to do quite a bit of extensive research before I commit myself to anything sollid!
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Mwah

Well, I'm wading into this one rather late in the game, but I lean toward the (somewhat conservative) position that Smenkhare was Akhenaten's son by a lesser wife (Nefertiti having given him only daughters), said lesser wife having also given birth to Tutankhaten(amen). That would make Smenkhare Tut's older brother. There is some evidence of Smenkhare having had a short co-regency with Akhenaten, and he may have tried to continue his father's policies, but did not long survive him. This left Tut as the only viable male candidate, young and therefore possibly susceptible to the blandishments of the Amon and other priesthoods...and the story continues from there. Now excuse my ignorance on this important subject, but can any of the members tell me what DNA testing (if any) has been done on the mummy of Tutankhamen, the mummy (skull and partial skeleton, actually) found in KV 55, and any other mummies/remains believed to be of this particular family? Looking forward to your responses.

Cordially,

Niankhkhnum

ZericsKirog: did you read Pauline Gedge's Twelveth Transforming? Sorry but I don't agree with you and Pauline. I heard that Akhenaten had a daughter from Meritaten (I don't belive it, too, but it's not for this topic) but from Tiy? Uh... Sounds totally weird and... disgusting... Just sorry, but I totally hate that book.

I have just found a web site (unfortunatly I forgot to note which) that states confidently that smenkhare died at the age of 25 & was Tutankhamons father.
The site seemed to be very well produced.

There is an interesting article by Dennis Forbes which suggests that Smenkhare could be Tutankhamen's father.
http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/fall97/endpaper.html