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Born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan specifically in Manhattan], on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_West_Side Upper West Side]), Julia is the daughter of [[Forbes Carlyle]] (although she was raised by Forbes and [[Paige Turner]], her long-time domestic partner); she is also oldest of four children to [[Deforest Carlyle]] (her biological father). Julia also has, (through Deforest and his wife, [[Lauren Merritson]]) a younger sister in high school - [[Antigone Carlyle]] (or just 'Annie' by her friends), who is three years younger than Julia, and a younger twin brother and sister - [[Lexington Carlyle]] ('Lex') and [[Vidalia Carlyle]] ('Lia'), who are in grade school and are both seven years younger than Julia.
Julia is a member of the uber-wealthy ''Clan Carlyle'', a family that can trace its recorded ancestry as a distinct, separate faction within the [[Twelve Clans]] back over fifteen generations - at least six to eight generations before the birth of [[Majel Carlyle]] (the first leader of the combined Twelve Clans) in the mad-10th Century, and her actions in the [[Great Unification War]] between the Twelve Clans and other forces against [[The Elite]]. All direct blood-line members of the Clan Carlyle have metahuman powers, but are '''not''' members of The Elite, nor are they interested in revealing those abilities to the world in general. (Unlike The Elite, Clan members born with powers are simply taught to not use them in public, or willingly use Elite methods to seal them away if they are unable/unwilling to control or keep from revealing them). This is one of the mitigating factors that allowed the truce to be crafted, why The Elite has not tried to eliminate the Twelve Clans since the end of the war, and why the two organizations have been able to work together for various purposes of mutual interest over the centuries. The exact wealth of the Clan Carlyle is unknown, but they are easily one of the three wealthiest of the Twelve Clans and known as one of the wealthiest families on Earth; Julia's personal worth (due to her own trust fund and her family allowances) is in the three to six-billion dollar range.
The great-granddaughter of [[Miranda Carlyle]], Julia is slender and incredibly attractive; she is 5'10 in height and weighs 125 pounds, with ''very'' long legs. She also possesses the hereditary Carlyle traits of dark scarlet hair (which she wears long) and jade-green eyes. With her large, jade eyes, figure and manner, Julia in fact is ''an exact doppelganger'' of Majel Carlyle herself. (This was a factor in the naming of Julia, as she was given her ancestor's name, as well as 'Elaine' - Paige's grandmother's name.) Forbes, having a background in art history and decades of research in the area, named Julia after ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_the_Elder Julia The Elder]'' - the daughter of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. In addition, as the firstborn daughter of her generation since the birth of the last such female child (Miranda Carlyle), Julia is titled ''Heir to the High Chair of the Clan Carlyle'' (in effect, she has been born into the status of ''heir apparent''/''crown princess'' to the matriarchal leadership of the Clan Carlyle, which is the dominant royal line among the Twelve Clans), and will ascend to the rank of Clan Matriarch upon the death of Miranda Carlyle.
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