This information was revealed in the most recent episode of the Duchess of Sussex’s podcast, Archetypes.
The Duchess of Sussex mentioned taking a genealogical test, which showed she is 43% Nigerian, during a talk with Senegalese-American actress and comedian Issa Rae, Nigerian-American comic and writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and academic Emily Bernards.
“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 taking in the shocking information, Nigerian-American Ziwe continues to make fun of the Duchess by saying that she reminds her of “her aunt Ouzo” in a sweet video between the two.
Check out the audio clip below:
