She has, by all accounts, had nothing but a warm welcome from the Royal Family so far. 
 
 The forebears of Meghan Markle, the girlfriend of Prince Harry, were not quite so fortunate, it has emerged. 
 
 A study into the American actress’ family tree has discovered her ancestor was in fact beheaded on the orders of Henry VIII, his wealth and land confiscated after a spectacular fall from favour. 
 
 Lord Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, was the great-great-great-grandfather of Captain Christopher Hussey, who left England in the 1650s to become a Founding Father of Nantucket. 
 
 Ten generations later, in a new family tree in America, came Thomas W. Markle, who married Doria Ragland to produce Rachel Meghan Markle,... ||||| Over the past year, Meghan Markle has received a warm welcome into the royal family fold. 
 
 She spent Christmas with the Queen, started working alongside her future brother and sister-in-law Prince William and Kate Middleton and even helped celebrate the birth of a new royal family member. And in the days leading up to her wedding, she’ll get the chance to introduce her own family to her future in-laws when her mother, Doria Ragland, and father, Thomas Markle, make the journey to Windsor. 
 
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 But her estranged half-siblings — Thomas Markle Jr. and Samantha Markle — from her father’s first marriage, are not expected to attend. 
 
 “Meghan has no relationship with her half-siblings, nor has she ever had one,” a source close to the former Suits star tells PEOPLE. 
 
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 Meghan’s half-siblings have been outspoken since she stepped onto the royal stage. Markle Jr., made headlines with a scathing letter published in the tabloid InTouch claiming that their dad had not received an invitation to the royal wedding and that Meghan had largely shut him out of her life. But just days later, Kensington Palace confirmed that Meghan’s father would not only be attending the May 19th wedding, he’d be walking his daughter down the aisle of St. George’s Chapel. 
 
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 In December, Meghan’s half-sister Samantha Markle, fired back at Prince Harry on Twitter after he called the royals the family that Meghan’s “never had.”But she later softened her stance during an appearance on a U.K. morning show, saying: “I don’t think [Harry] meant it that way. He was referring to the family all being in one place, and it’s lovely that she can have that. It was more a matter of timing and geography. I wasn’t hurt. Harry said a lovely thing. Marrying merely extends that family.” 
 
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 Although Meghan has no relationship with either Thomas Jr. or half sister Samantha— “They were out of the house by the time she was born,” says the insider—both of her parents, who divorced in the ’80s, will play an important role on her wedding day. 
 
 Meghan Markle and her mother, Doria Ragland Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images 
 
 Meghan Markle as a baby with her father, Thomas Markle Source: Meghan Markle/Instagram 
 
 Doria, a yoga instructor who lives in L.A. will accompany her daughter by car to Windsor Castle on her big day, while her Meghan’s dad, a former Hollywood lighting director who currently lives a quiet life in Mexico, will be waiting to walk her into St. George’s Chapel. 
 
 “Ms. Markle is delighted to have her parents by her side on this important and happy occasion,” Kensington Palace said in a statement.
– Meghan Markle's family tree has shown that beau Prince Harry is a distant cousin (they share an ancestor dating back to the 15th century), but there's a darker revelation: One of her ancestors was beheaded on the orders of Henry VIII. Lord John Hussey was born around 1465, reports the Telegraph, and quickly became a favorite during Henry VIII's reign. Hussey, whose descendants eventually spawned Markle about 15 generations later, served as a king's ambassador, worked as a chamberlain to one of the king's daughters, and was knighted for his battlefield prowess. But that all changed after a 1536 rebellion against Henry, after which Hussey was found guilty of treason, thrown in prison, and, eventually sent to his death. Another discovery of note: that Markle's great-great-great-grandfather on her mom's side was a slave in Georgia. Interest in Markle has been on the upswing since she and Harry made their first official public debut together in September, fueling rumors that Markle may soon be moving to the UK for good. A recent farewell from her Suits body double has only added to those whispers.