Genealogy test reveals Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle is 43% Nigerian

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has disclosed that she is 43% Nigerian. She made the revelation on the latest episode of her bombshell podcast, Archetypes.

made this known during a conversation with Senegalese-American actress and comedian Issa Rae, and Nigerian-American comedian and writer Ziwe Fumudoh.

UK Mirror reports that Meghan while unpicking the “Angry Black Woman” stereotype in a thought-provoking discussion with Nigerian American actress and comedian, Issa Rae, writer, Ziwe Fumudoh, and professor Emily Bernards, told listeners that she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43 percent Nigerian.

She said, ”I was incredibly excited to sit down with Ziwe, a Nigerian American comedian, actor, and writer.

According to her, a couple of years ago she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.” I had my genealogy test done a couple of years ago and I am 43 percent Nigerian.

Meghan, who was excited, opened up about her roots during the major podcast moment as the writer who was desperate to know more about the Duchess asked, “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?”

In her response, the Duchess of Sussex then said, “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?”

UK Mirror reports that after absorbing the bombshell revelation, Nigerian American Ziwe continues to joke that the Duchess looks like ‘her aunt Ouzo’ in a heart-warming clip between the pair.

A strong advocate for fighting against racism and prejudice, this is the first time the mother of two has opened up about her ancestral background on the public stage.

The revelation comes after she had an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, where she and Prince Harry alleged that a member of the royal family made racist remarks about their son Archie’s skin colour when they were working royals.