Members of the Markle and Ragland families have been related by marriage to the British royal family since the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, on May 19, 2018, when Meghan became the Duchess of Sussex.
Almost a year later, on 6 May 2019, Meghan gave birth to a baby boy, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
The Markle (formerly spelled Merckel) family is of German descent and originates in Alsace on the modern French–German border, and Meghan's paternal ancestors moved to the United States in the 17th century; among her father's other ancestors are American settlers of English, Dutch, and Irish descent.
The Ragland family is of African American descent, and Meghan's maternal ancestors were enslaved in the U.S.