Meghan Markle Reveals She's 43% Nigerian
AFNews Reporter
Oct 25, 2022
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle on Tuesday disclosed that she has 43% Nigerian genetic heritage.
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Markle who revealed this in her latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, expressed her desire to learn more about her roots, Mirrors reports.
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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, The Duchess of Sussex told listeners that she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.
"I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago," Megan explains, as her guests eagerly ask her to share what the results entailed.
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The Duchess then proudly says "I'm 43% Nigerian" to the shock of Ziwe, who shouts "No way!".
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Ziwe further asked, "Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?ÔÇØ
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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?ÔÇØ
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The podcast revelation was the first time Meghan opened up about her ancestral background on the public stage.
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