The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.
Markle said she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.
She disclosed this in her recent podcast, Archetypes.
While having a conversation with Senegalese-American actress and comedian, Issa Rae, Nigerian-American comedian, Ziwe Fumudoh, and Emily Bernards, the Duchess of Sussex, said: “I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago. I’m 43% Nigerian.”
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Fumudoh, who expressed shock at the confession, said: “No way.”
The comedian further asked: “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?”
Responding, Markle 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?”
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