The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has revealed that her genetic heritage indicates she is 43% Nigerian. Markle made this known in the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, where she expressed her desire to learn more about her roots.
In the episode, Markle interacted with Nigerian-American writer Ziwe Fumudoh, American actress Issa Rae, and professor Emily Bernards.
Markle then stated that she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.
She said, “I just had my genealogy done a couple of years ago.”
When her guests asked her to share what the results entailed, the Duchess said, “I’m 43% Nigerian,” to the shock of Ziwe, who responded, “No way!”
Ziwe further asked, “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?”
The Duchess of Sussex then answered, “I’m going to start to dig deeper into all of this because anyone that I’ve told, especially Nigerian women, are just like, what?”
The podcast revelation was the first time Meghan opened up about her ancestral background on the public stage.