<Dd> The blue background of the shield represents the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, while the two golden rays across the shield are symbolic of the sunshine of the Duchess's home state . The three quills represent communication and the power of words . Beneath the shield on the grass sits a collection of golden poppies, California's state flower, and wintersweet, which grows at Kensington Palace . The songbird with wings elevated as if flying and an open beak represents the power of communication . </Dd> <P> On her mother's side, the Duchess of Sussex is descended from African Americans enslaved in Georgia, and on her father's side from German, English, and Irish settlers . 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 . Among her father's distant ancestors are Captain Christopher Hussey, King Robert I of Scotland, Sir Philip Wentworth, and Edward III of England . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Role </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> General Hospital </Td> <Td> Jill </Td> <Td> 1 episode (aired November 14, 2002) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Century City </Td> <Td> Natasha </Td> <Td> "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose" (season 1: episode 4) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Cuts </Td> <Td> Cori </Td> <Td> "My Boyfriend's Back" (season 1: episode 5) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Love, Inc . </Td> <Td> Teresa Santos </Td> <Td> "One on One" (season 1: episode 9) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> 1 vs. 100 </Td> <Td> Herself </Td> <Td> Mob member number 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> The War at Home </Td> <Td> Susan </Td> <Td> "The Seventeen - Year Itch" (season 1: episode 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> CSI: NY </Td> <Td> Veronica Perez </Td> <Td> "Murder Sings the Blues" (season 3: episode 7) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Deceit </Td> <Td> Gwen </Td> <Td> TV film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Deal or No Deal </Td> <Td> Herself </Td> <Td> Holder of Case #24; 34 episodes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Good Behavior </Td> <Td> Sadie Valencia </Td> <Td> TV film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> 90210 </Td> <Td> Wendy </Td> <Td> "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" (season 1: episode 1) "The Jet Set" (season 1: episode 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td>' Til Death </Td> <Td> Tara </Td> <Td> "Joy Ride" (season 3: episode 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> The Apostles </Td> <Td> Kelly Calhoun </Td> <Td> TV film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Knight Rider </Td> <Td> Annie Ortiz </Td> <Td> "Fight Knight" (season 1: episode 14) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Without a Trace </Td> <Td> Holly Shepard </Td> <Td> "Chameleon" (season 7: episode 15) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Fringe </Td> <Td> Junior FBI Agent Amy Jessup </Td> <Td> "A New Day in the Old Town" (season 2: episode 1) "Night of Desirable Objects" (season 2: episode 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> The League </Td> <Td> Random Girl </Td> <Td> "The Bounce Test" (season 1: episode 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> CSI: Miami </Td> <Td> Officer Leah Montoya </Td> <Td> "Backfire" (season 8: episode 20) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down </Td> <Td> Dana </Td> <Td> TV film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011--2018 </Td> <Td> Suits </Td> <Td> Rachel Zane </Td> <Td> Series regular (seasons 1--7) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Castle </Td> <Td> Charlotte Boyd / Sleeping Beauty </Td> <Td> "Once Upon a Crime" (season 4: episode 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> When Sparks Fly </Td> <Td> Amy Peterson </Td> <Td> Hallmark Channel TV film </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Dater's Handbook </Td> <Td> Cassandra Brand </Td> <Td> Hallmark Channel TV film </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Role </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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