More than just baseball: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's World Series attendance had this shocking familial connection

While she might have created waves after becoming an actress turned princess, there's no doubt that Meghan Markle has been more of a reigning queen ever since she left the palace. While the royal life might have provided her with a title every girl dreams of, it is outside the golden arches that she truly shines as a people's princess living among them all.

However, if there's one glaring difference between the new princess and her mother-in-law, whom she tries to emulate from time to time, it is that people know Markle's sharp knowledge of optics, be it from her career as an actress or her short-lived royal life. She knows just the pulse that will have headlines thrumming with her name and a good or bad adjective or two, enough to create a wave that lashes inside the royal walls.




The Duchess of Sussex's recent ramp led her hand in hand with the Duke to Dodger Stadium on October 28th, wearing matching merch. The royal couple joined thousands of baseball fans to watch Game 4 of the 2025 World Series. While one would think that the duo was sporting the blue Dodgers hats due to the Duchess supporting the LA-based team, the reason behind their appearance is more than just a love for the sport.

Markle, 44, was also silently supporting a relative that she once never knew existed. The royal has a familial connection to Dodgers star Markus Lynn Betts, popularly known as Mookie Betts. How so? Find out below!

Found family indeed

Betts and Markle are distant cousins connected through a web of ancestral ties that date back to the 19th century in Alabama. Markle's great-great aunt married Mookie's great-great uncle, according to PEOPLE, making family reunions at the stadium a bit more literal.

As per a PEOPLE's report, the census evidence from the late 1800s reveals that Markle's ancestors and Betts' ancestors lived just a few houses apart on a plantation owned by Elisha Betts. While a proper lineage might require an expert lens, the connection is real and exists.

While the knowledge of the two personalities being connected went viral in 2018, the World Series appearance has reignited the family myth fire once again.

A PR trip done right

From the Paris Fashion Week to the Dodgers game, when not working on her lifestyle brand at her abode, Markle's itinerary is nothing short of a PR trip around the world. While the baseball game attendance might have seemed like a happy celebrity couple catching up on their favourite game, it also celebrated her cousin Mookie's Golden Glove accolade with a series of Instagram stories.

The trip served as a reminder that the duchess is mapping the world one step at a time in roles that require an elegant mashup of personalities, a talent she has 'suits' to portray.