Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has said that she is 43% Nigerian.
This was revealed in the most recent episode of the Duchess of Sussex’s podcast, Archetypes.
The Duchess of Sussex mentioned taking a genealogy test, which showed she is 43% Nigerian, during a conversation with Senegalese-American actress and comedian Issa Rae, Nigerian-American comedian and writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and professor Emily Bernards.
She said, “I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago.”
Her guests eagerly wanted to know what the results were.
Meghan then proudly said “I’m 43% Nigerian”, shocking her guest Ziwe, who is also of Nigerian origin
Ziwe then shouts “No way!” and asked, “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?”
The Duchess of Sussex continues by telling her audience: “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?”
After taking in the shocking information, Nigerian-American Ziwe continues, making fun of the Duchess by saying that she reminds her of “her aunt Ouzo” while sharing a heartfelt video of the two.