'Nigeria welcomes our beloved daughter!' 'Excited' 支持者s say they 'can't wait' for Harry and Meghan to arrive in African nation after duchess said she was '43% Nigerian' in genealogy 実験(する)

Nigerians are 'excited' to welcome their 'daughter' Meghan Markle for a 王室の visit with her husband next month after Prince Harry …に出席するs an event in London.

Social マスコミ 使用者s with links to the country said they were '圧倒するd with joy' and 約束d a '祝賀' to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

It comes after Meghan 明らかにする/漏らすd in 2022 that she 設立する out she was '43 per cent Nigerian' に引き続いて genealogy 研究 carried out 'a couple of years' 事前の.

The couple will 長,率いる to Nigeria after 存在 招待するd by the African country's 長,指導者 of defence staff, who met Harry last September at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf.

Daniel Egwu, who lives in Enugu in Nigeria, tweeted: 'I'm excited about this news! Our beloved sister, Meghan and our brother-in-法律, Harry are welcome to Nigeria!'

Meghan Markle signs the Nigeria flag at the Invictus Games in?Dusseldorf on September 13 last year

Meghan 調印するs the Nigeria 旗 at the Invictus Games in?Dusseldorf on September 13 last year

Another X 使用者 wrote: 'Harry and Meghan are coming to Nigeria in May! We cannot wait to welcome them! And our good sis is coming home for the first time. We have been waiting since she discovered she's a daughter of the 国/地域.'

And a third said: 'Meghan is coming to Nigeria with Prince Harry? Our 43 per cent Nigerian sister? Ah! It's about to be a 祝賀! We are about to show off!'

Harry will first …に出席する a 儀式 場内取引員/株価 the 10th 周年記念日 of the Invictus Games at St Paul's Cathedral in London on May 8, with Meghan not 始める,決める to join him in Britain.

But the couple will then travel to Nigeria where they are 推定する/予想するd to 会合,会う service members and their families, and 参加する in 伝統的な cultural activities.

The Invictus Games was 設立するd as a 冒険的な event for 負傷させるd and sick 軍の 職員/兵員 and 退役軍人s. Other 詳細(に述べる)s about the visit are not yet known.

Meghan's Nigerian 遺産 was 言及/関連d by Harry at the 開会式 of the Dusseldorf Invictus Games last September, after Nigeria joined Colombia and イスラエル in sending their first-ever 代表 to the event.

'We're really excited to have new nations join us. Let's hear it for Colombia, イスラエル and Nigeria,' Harry told the (人が)群がる at the Merkur Spiel-円形競技場.

'Now, I'm not 説 we play favourites in our home, but since my wife discovered she is of Nigerian 降下/家系, it's likely to get a little bit more 競争の激しい this year!'

Also during the event, Meghan was seen hugging a competitor and 述べるing her as 'my Nigerian sister', before 存在 introduced to その上の members of the team and the defence 長,指導者, who gave her a 愛称 - Amira Ngozi Lolo.

Amira is a 軍人 princess from a legend, Ngozi means 'blessed' and Lolo is '王室の wife'. She was told she could use the 指名する whenever she visits the country.

Meghan and Harry were also serenaded in a group 密談する/(身体を)寄せ集める, as one Nigerian led them in a 詠唱する of 'Gbosas', which 概略で translates as 'kudos'.

Derek Cobbinah, who helped co-ordinate Nigeria's debut in the 2023 競争, told Hello! magazine at the time that Meghan was '深く,強烈に touched' by the 愛称 and that she was hoping to organise a family trip to the country.

'She said she couldn't wait to visit Nigeria for her mum and the kids,' he 明らかにする/漏らすd. 'She's always welcome to visit Nigeria and other African countries.'

The 発覚 of Meghan's Nigerian 遺産 (機の)カム on an episode of her Archetypes podcast in 2022 after she did a genealogy 実験(する) 'a couple years ago'.

She 公約するd to 'start to dig deeper into all this' during her discussion with comedians Issa Rae and Ziwe Fumudoh.

During an episode 焦点(を合わせる)d on the 'angry 黒人/ボイコット woman' trope, Meghan said: 'I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago.' Ziwe 答える/応じるd: 'What? What are you?'

The family tree of Meghan's mother Doria Ragland which goes back to 1830 in Georgia, USA

The family tree of Meghan's mother Doria Ragland which goes 支援する to 1830 in Georgia, USA

Family tree for Meghan's estranged father Thomas Markle which goes back to 1732 in the US

Family tree for Meghan's estranged father Thomas Markle which goes 支援する to 1732 in the US

And the Duchess replied: 'Forty-three パーセント Nigerian. I'm going to start to dig deeper into all this because anybody that I've told, 特に Nigerian women, are like 'What!''

No その上の (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) has been given about how Meghan is linked to Nigeria through her 家系, although her fascinating family history has 以前 been 報告(する)/憶測d.

In 2017, the Daily Mail worked with 専門家s who 明らかにする/漏らすd her African-American slave 家系, and those on her father's 味方する who emigrated from England and Ireland.

Meghan's earliest known ancestor on her mother Doria Ragland's 味方する is Richard Ragland, a slave born in 1830 in Jonesboro, Georgia ? with 記録,記録的な/記録するs 現在/一般に going 支援する no その上の than that.

There is also no one known on her estranged father Thomas Markle's 味方する with any links to Nigeria.

In Nigeria in 最近の days, 地元の newspapers have 報告(する)/憶測d that the country's Defence (警察,軍隊などの)本部 were 'honoured' and 'delighted' after Harry and Meghan had 受託するd the 招待 to visit.

It will be their first visit to Nigeria as a couple.

Harry is to return to the UK for the first time since his visit to see the King after his diagnosis in February.

Meghan holds a Nigeria flag at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf on September 13 last year

Meghan 持つ/拘留するs a Nigeria 旗 at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf on September 13 last year?

Meghan greets Glory Essien, competing for Nigeria at the Games in Dusseldorf last year

Meghan 迎える/歓迎するs Glory Essien, competing for Nigeria at the Games in Dusseldorf last year

The Duke is 推定する/予想するd to give a reading at a service of thanksgiving 場内取引員/株価 a 10年間 since the 就任の Invictus Games London in 2014.

The service is scheduled two days after Harry's son Archie celebrates his fifth birthday. Actor Damian 吊りくさび is 始める,決める to recite the Invictus poem during the service.

代表者/国会議員s from Invictus Games 参加するing nations, 含むing members of the 負傷させるd, 負傷させるd and sick service 職員/兵員 and 退役軍人 community, will also be in 出席.

Harry and Meghan moved to the US in 2020 after stepping 負かす/撃墜する from 王室の 義務s.