Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors Granted Guinean Citizenship After DNA Ancestry Tests
Actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after DNA ancestry tests in Conakry; they attended a ceremony and plan cultural visits and ties.
Overview
Actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors, married U.S. entertainers, were granted Guinean citizenship after tracing ancestry to Guinea through DNA tests and a formal presentation of passports.
The ceremony took place in Conakry at Gbassi Kolo tourist and cultural centre on Friday, with passports presented by Djiba Diakité on behalf of President Mamadi Doumbouya.
Guinea's ministry of culture organised the private cultural event featuring traditional music and dance, with officials citing the couple as 'worthy sons and daughters' to represent the nation.
The couple said the citizenship bridges personal ancestry and public careers, describing plans to spend meaningful time in Guinea and potentially establish long-term ties or a home.
Their naturalisation follows regional initiatives inviting diaspora returnees; other celebrities, including Ciara and Samuel L Jackson, have accepted African citizenships as part of heritage and investment efforts.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame this chiefly as a celebrity-origin story shaded by controversy and geopolitical context: emphasizing Majors’ legal troubles and Marvel fallout, highlighting a government blessing quote, and noting Guinea’s recent coup. Language like 'seemed destined' and 'clamping down' plus omission of the couple’s own voices steer readers toward skepticism.
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FAQ
They traced their ancestry to Guinea through DNA testing, then were granted citizenship by Guinean authorities in a formal ceremony in Conakry where they received passports from senior government officials.
Their passports were formally presented by Djiba Diakité, the head of President Mamadi Doumbouya’s cabinet, acting on behalf of the president during the ceremony in Conakry.
Officials described them as “worthy sons and daughters” of Guinea and said they would represent the country and its red-yellow-green flag around the world, highlighting them as cultural ambassadors of the nation.
They plan to spend meaningful time in Guinea, tour its cultural and tourist sites, and explore the possibility of establishing long-term ties, including potentially having a home there.
Their naturalisation is part of a wider regional trend in which African countries invite diaspora descendants of enslaved people to “return,” as seen in Benin granting citizenship to U.S. singer Ciara and Ghana naturalising hundreds of African Americans following its 2019 “Year of Return” initiative.
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