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In 2004, she took part in one episode of the [[BBC]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', which investigated her family history.<ref name="wdytya MS">{{cite episode|title=Who Do You Think You Are? with Meera Syal |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_09.shtml|series=Who Do You Think You Are?|serieslink=Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Two]]|airdate=7 December 2004}}</ref> Syal discovered that both her grandfathers had [[Indian independence movement|campaigned against British rule]] and [[British Raj|presence in India]]: one as a communist journalist, the other as a [[Punjab region|Punjab]] protester who was imprisoned and tortured in the [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]].<ref name="wdytya MS" />

In January 2005, Syal married her frequent collaborator, [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]], who plays her grandson in ''The Kumars at No. 42''; the marriage ceremony took place in [[Lichfield]], Staffordshire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4205873.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Family wedding for Kumars stars |publisher=BBC News |date=25 January 2005 |accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/secret-wedding-for-the-kumars-7171164.htmlThey |title=Secrethave wedding for The Kumars – Showbiz – London Evening Standard |publisher=Standard.co.uk |date=25 January 2005 |accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> Theira son, named Shaan, was born at the [[Portland Hospital]] on 2 December 2005. Syal has a daughter, Chameli, from her previous marriage to journalist Shekhar Bhatia. Her brother is investigative journalist Rajeev Syal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-359178/Granny-Kumar-having-baby-44.html |title=Granny Kumar is having a baby at 44 &#124; Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=14 August 2005 |accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Nick McGrath |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/09/meera-syal-my-family-values |title=Meera Syal: My family values &#124; Life and style |work=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref>

In February 2009, Syal was one of a number of British entertainers who signed an open letter printed in ''[[The Times]]'' protesting against the [[persecution of Bahá'ís]] in Iran.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bahai.org/human-rights/iran/yaran-special-report/voices-of-support |title=Voices of support|publisher= Bahá'í World News Service |date= |accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref>