The Democrat was born to two immigrant parents, an Indian born mother, and a Jamaican born father.
Kamala Harris mother, Shyamala Gopalan, is a cancer researcher, civil rights activist and daughter of an Indian diplomat. Her father, Donald J. Harris, is the emeritus professor of Economics at Stanford University.
Kamala Harris father and mother divorced when she was seven years old, and her Hindu single mother primarily raised Kamala and her younger sister Maya on the top floor of a yellow duplex in Berkeley.
