Meghan Markle reveals she uncovered Nigerian roots after taking genealogy test (listen)

Meghan Markle reveals she uncovered Nigerian roots after taking genealogy test (listen)

Meghan Markle has revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.

The Duchess of Sussex disclosed this on the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes.

While having a conversation with Senegalese-American actress and comedian Issa Rae, Nigerian-American comedian and 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," Meghan explains, as her guests eagerly ask her to share what the results entailed.

The Duchess then proudly says "I'm 43% Nigerian" to the shock of Ziwe, who shouts "No way!".

Ziwe, who is Nigerian-American, then asks: "Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?"

The Duchess of Sussex then tells her listeners: "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 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.

Listen to the audio below.

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