One of her possible forefathers, Heinrich Martin Merckel, emigrated to the United States from Lampertsloch, an historically German-speaking town in Alsace, and later changed the spelling of his name to Markle.
Salah satu dari kemungkinan kakek moyangnya, Heinrich Martin Merckel, bermigrasi ke Amerika Serikat dari Lampertsloch, sebuah kota sejarah berbahasa-Jerman di Alsace, dan kemudian mengganti ejaan namanya menjadi Markle.