worldUpdated: Aug 21, 2020 22:24 ISTDonald Harris, the father of Indian-origin Senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, has said that close contact with his daughters “came to an abrupt halt” after a contentious custody battle, according to a media report. Harris’ mother Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer biologist came from India to the US at the age of 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer. She taught us to put family first—the family you’re born into and the family you choose,” Harris said. “Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty,” Harris’ father wrote in the letter, according to the report. The report added that the divorce between Harris’ parents was bitter.

Source: Hindustan Times August 21, 2020 16:55 UTC