Kamala harris husband and kids

Extended family and heritage of former U.S. Vice President Harris

"Harris family" redirects here. For the entertainment family, see Harris entertainment family.

Kamala Harris was the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Harris was formerly the juniorUnited States senator from California, and prior to her election to the Senate, she served as the 32nd attorney general of California. Her family includes several members who are notable in politics and academia.

Harris's maternal ancestry comes from Tamil Nadu, India. Her paternal ancestry comes from Saint Ann, Jamaica. She is married to American entertainment attorney and law professor Douglas Emhoff.

Immediate family

Douglas Emhoff

Main article: Doug Emhoff

Douglas Emhoff is the husband of Kamala Harris. He was born to Jewish parents^[1] Michael and Barbara Emhoff in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in New Jersey from 1969 to 1981, moving with his family to Californ

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Does Kamala Harris Have Children? Get To Know The Presidential Candidate's Family

On November 5, Kamala Harris could make history in the 2024 presidential election. And her stepchildren, whom she shares with husband Doug Emhoff, have been there every step of the way.

Ella, 25, and Cole, 29, are Harris' "endless source of love and pure joy."

"I can say one thing with certainty, my heart wouldn’t be whole, nor my life full, without them," she wrote in a 2019 essay for Elle.

Altogether, the four make a pretty sweet blended family. Here's everything to know about Kamala Harris' family and stepchildren:

Harris became a stepmom when she married Emhoff.

He had two children from his previous marriage, Cole, 30, and Ella, 25. They were named after John Coltrane (Cole) and Ella Fitzgerald (Ella), Kamala told Elle. Cole was born on Sept. 15, 1994, while Ella was born five years later on May 29, 1999, per People.

Doug shares his children with Kerstin Emh

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Who Are Ella Emhoff and Cole Emhoff? Everything to Know About Vice President Kamala Harris’ Step-Kids

Kamala Harris’ Step Kids: Everything to Know About Ella Emhoff and Cole Emhoff

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid may not have ended in victory.

But despite her loss to projected President-elect Donald Trump, the story of Harris and her family—including her husband Doug Emhoffand stepchildren Cole Emhoff and Ella Emhoff—captured the hearts of many.

And though she won’t be president, she still holds a special title: “Momala.”

“It is one of my favorite titles, being Momala,” she told People in 2023. “It’s actually much more of a common experience than I think we actually talk about, which fryst vatten co-parenting. We don’t really use the term stepparent but participating in raising a child that you love because that child is your own in every way that fryst vatten important. So it’s a name the kids gave me, and I wear it proudly.”

She continued, “And I feel very blessed