Meghan Markle has delved into her ancestry in the newest episode of her podcast.
The Duchess of Sussex invited Nigerian American actress and comedian Issa Rae, writer Ziwe Fumudoh and professor Emily Bernards on her podcast Archetypes to talk about the "Angry Black Woman" stereotype and how it tries to hold women back.
And she then told listeners and her guests that she took a genealogy test, revealing that she is 43 per cent Nigerian, the Mirror reports.
"I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago," Meghan explains, as her guests were eager to know what the results were.
The Duchess then proudly proclaimed: "I'm 43 per cent Nigerian" with a delighted Ziwe shouting: "No way!".
Meghan then laughs over her guest's excitement, as she opens up about her genetic roots during the revelation.
"Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?," the writer excitedly probes, desperate to know more about Meghan's findings.
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.
A strong advocate for fighting against racism and prejudice, this is the first time that Meghan has opened up about her ancestral background to the public.
Also on this week's episode of Archetypes, the Duchess of Sussex also discusses the stereotypes of Black female roles in television as she thinks back to her own experiences as a former actress.
It comes after the Duchess's shocking interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, where her and Prince Harry alleged that a member of the royal family made racist comments about their son Archie's skin colour when they were working royals.
Meghan and Harry signed a deal with Spotify to host and produce podcasts, estimated to be worth around £18 million, in late 2020.
Archetypes was launched with the aim of investigating "labels that try to hold women back" through conversations between Meghan and historians, experts and women who have experienced being typecast.
In last week's episode, she chatted to Paris Hilton about the stereotype of the "bimbo" and revealed that she felt "objectified" during her stint as a briefcase girl on Deal or No Deal.
Meanwhile, in the first episode of the series with tennis superstar Serena Williams, Meghan revealed how her and Harry’s son Archie narrowly escaped a fire in his bedroom when he was meant to be sleeping, during the Sussexes' tour of South Africa in 2019 - and how she had to go out after to do another official engagement.
Guests in the other episodes of the podcast so far have also included pop icon Mariah Carey, comedian and actress Mindy Kaling and comedian Margaret Cho.
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