Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has revealed her genetic origins, revealing that she is 43% Nigerian.

Markle stated this in the most recent edition of her podcast, Archetypes, in which she indicated a desire to discover more about her ancestors, Mirrors reported on Tuesday.

Markle spoke with American actress Issa Rae, Nigerian-American writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and academic Emily Bernards on the episode.

After then, the Duchess of Sussex said that she completed a genealogy test, which proved that she is 43% Nigerian.

She said, “I just had my genealogy done a couple of years ago.”

When her guests asked her to share what the results entailed, the Duchess said, “I’m 43% Nigerian,” to the shock of Ziwe, who responded, “No way!”.

Ziwe further asked, “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?”

The Duchess of Sussex then answered, “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?”

The podcast revelation was the first time Meghan opened up about her ancestral background on the public stage.