Sen. Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to two immigrant parents: mom Shyamala Gopalan, and dad Donald Harris.; A prominent cancer researcher before passing away in 2009, Gopalan was born in India and came to the United States to get her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

Kamala Harris’ father and mother divorced during her childhood. Shymala filed for divorce from Donald in 1971, when Kamala was seven years old. The divorce was finalized in 1973.

Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan are the parents of Kamala Harris, a United States of America Senator and member of the Democratic Party. In August 2020, Joe Biden announced that she would be standing with him as the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee for his 2020 Presidential campaign.

Kamala Harris, back row at left, in an undated family photo. Next to her, from left, are her grandmother Rajam Gopalan, grandfather P.V. Gopalan and sister, Maya Harris.

Harris highlights the quintessential American immigrant story as the daughter of Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher from India, and Donald Harris, an African Jamaican economics professor. We take you through some personal photographs of Kamala Harris, the nominee for vice president in the 2020 US election this November.

Kamala Harris’ Bio and Ethnicity. The outspoken California senator was born Kamala Devi Harris on October 20, 1964. As a child, she lived in Califonia with her family but later changed base to Quebec Canada after her mom divorced her dad.

In her new book, "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey," Kamala Harris tells the story of her rise from a young girl growing up in Oakland to her 2016 election as U.S. senator from California.

Harris initially grew up in predominantly African-American communities in Berkeley, California, as her parents both emigrated to the US in the early 1960s. But Kamala’s parents split when she was just a kid. Consequently, she and her younger sister, Maya Harris were raised by their mom who eventually relocated to Montreal, Quebec.

Kamala Harris just got some really bad news, and there is no way she can cover this up. The 54-year-old presidential candidate's father, Donald Harris, just blew up her campaign by chewing her out in public over her latest stunt. "My deceased parents, must be turning in their graves right now," said Mr. Harris, as he went on to blast Kamala and the disgusting situation.