Kamala Devi Harris, Born October 20^(th) 1964 as Kamala Iyer Harris, was the Daughter of Donald Jasper Harris (Father 8/23/1938) and Shyamala Gopalan (Mother 12/7/1938)
**On her maternal side,** Kamala’s Mother Shamala was the daughter of Painganadu Venkataraman Gopalan (Grandfather 1911) and Rajam Rajah (Grandmother 1923)
Her Grandfather Painganadu was son of Venkataraman Iyer Gopalan (Great G.F.) and Seethalakshmi Iyer (Great G.M.).
Her Grandmother Rajam was the daughter Maruthukud V (Great G.F) and Meenakshi R Aiyar (Great G.M. 1980) All recorded Ancestors on Kamala’s maternal side are from India.
**On her Paternal side,** Kamala’s father’s Donald was the son of Oscar Joseph Harris (Grandfather 04/05/1914) and Beryl Christie Finegan (Grandmother 1921)
**Kamala’s Paternal Grandfather’s Side:**
Oscar was the Son of Joseph Alexander Harris (Great Grandfather 4/24/1871) and Christiana Brown (Great Grandmother 8/13/1888)
Joseph was the son of James Henny Harris (G.G. Grandfather) and Elizabeth (Eliza) Brown (G.G. Grandmother 1834)
James is descendant of Thomas Harris (G.G.G. Grandfather 1784) of England and Catherine Jane Watson (G.G.G. Grandmother 1792) of Scotland.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Brown (G.G.G. Grandfather 1816) of Scotland and Mary Ann Taylor (G.G.G. Grandmother 1792) of Scotland.
Christiana was the Daughter of Hamilton Brown (G.G. Grandfather 11/9/1833) and Jessian Prince (G.G. Grandmother 1844)
Hamilton Brown was to the son of Kate Williams (English Decent and Hamilton Brown Sr. (G.G.G. Grandfather 1776) from Ireland.
Jessian was the daughter of William Prince (G.G.G Grandfather of English Decent) and Sahra Forbes (G.G.G. Grandmother)
**Kamala’s Paternal Grandmother’s Side:**
Beryl Was the daughter of Patrick Alhanasous Finnegan (Great Grandfather 1882) and Orah Iris Allen (Great Grandmother 8/13/1888)
Patrick was the Son of Patrick Finnegan (G.G. Grandfather 1843) From Ireland and Mary Watson (G.G. Grandmother 1836) from Ireland.
Orah was the daughter of John Allen (G.G. Grandfather 1858) and Joanna Elizabeth Moses (G.G. Grandmother 1868)
John Allen and Joanna relationship is where it gets more difficult to track
Joanna is the Daughter of Peter Moses (G.G.G. Grandfather 1920) the Son of Charles A. Moses (G.G.G.G Grandfather 1798)
Joanna Married Alfred Augustus McCook (1864) on May 2^(nd) 1894 after the birth of Orah, McCook’s lineage is traced back through John McCook who’s family Linage is from Ireland.
This leaves Kamala’s Ancestry as follows:
**Mom's Side:**
Great GF Indian
Great GM Indian
Great GF Indian
Great GM Indian
GF/FM 100% Indian -> Mother Indian -> Kamala 50% Indian
**Dad's Side**
GGGG GF English
GGGG GM Scottish
GGGG GF Scottish
GGGG GM Scottish
GGGG GF Irish
GGGG GM English
GGGG GF English
GGGG GM Unknown
GGGG GF Irish
GGGG GM Irish
GGGG GF Irish
GGGG GM Irish
GGGG GF Unknown
GGGG GM Unknown
GGGG GF Unknown
GGGG GM Unknown
Out of the 16 Paternal Ancestor, 11 are from United Kingdom (34.375%) and (5) are not confirmed (15.625%)
**TLDR:** This would mean Kamala is 50% Indian, & 37.5% European, & 12.5% Jamaican
