Hesiod first places Atropos among the fatherless daughters of Nyx. With Clotho and Lachesis she grants the portions of good and evil given at birth and relentlessly pursues wrongdoing.2Hesiod — Theogony 217–222⚖Told differently in other tellings — change the lens on the card

Later in the Theogony, Atropos becomes a daughter of Zeus and Themis, one of the three Fates honored within Zeus's divine order.3Hesiod — Theogony 901–906⚖Told differently in other tellings — change the lens on the card

Apollodorus repeats the genealogy from Zeus and Themis, naming Atropos beside Clotho and Lachesis.4Pseudo-Apollodorus — Bibliotheca 1.3.1⚖Told differently in other tellings — change the lens on the card

Hyginus gives the Parcae Night and Erebus as parents. At Meleager's birth, Atropos looked to a burning brand on the hearth and fixed the child's life to it: he would live only while the wood remained unconsumed.5Hyginus — Fabulae, preface (Theogony) 1; Fabulae 171⚖Told differently in other tellings — change the lens on the card