Capildeo family
The Capildeo family is an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian family of Hindu pundits, politicians, scientists, attorneys, and writers. The most notable members are 2001 Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul and mathematician and politician Rudranath Capildeo.
The ancestral home of the Capildeo family is known as Anand Bhavan and is in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago.
No-one today knows how the name Kapil transformed into Capildeo. It is possible that Kapil added dev, meaning God, from his village's name of Mahadeva Dubey to his name. Transliteration from Hindi to English was not well developed in the 19th century and words were spelt differently then from the way they are now. Thus, Kapil was changed to Capil and dev to deo, giving Kapil's descendants the surname of Capildeo.
Family tree
- Pt. Raghunath Dubey
- *Pt. Capil Deo Dubey a.k.a. Pundit Capildeo = Soogee Capildeo
- **Droapatie Naipaul = Seepersad Naipaul
- ***Sati Bissoondath = Crisen Bissoondath
- ****Neil Bissoondath
- ***Kamla Tewari
- ***V. S. Naipaul = Patricia Ann Naipaul †
- ***V. S. Naipaul = Nadira Naipaul (née Alvi)
- ***Mira Naipaul Inalsingh = Amar Inalsingh
- ****Aruna Inalsingh
- ****Anil Inalsingh
- ****Nisha Inalsingh
- ***Savitri Naipaul-Akal
- ****Kiran Shiva Akal
- ****Ashvin Rai Akal
- ****Siri Shamin Akal
- ***Shiva Naipaul = Jenny Naipaul
- ****Tarun Naipaul
- ***Nalini Naipaul Chapman
- **Simbhoonath Capildeo = Indradai Capildeo
- ***Sita Capildeo = Watson 'Mac' Laetsch
- ****John Laetsch
- *****Charlie Laetsch
- ****Krishen Laetsch
- ***Devendranath Capildeo = Leila Capildeo
- ****Kavi Capildeo = Ratna Capildeo
- *****Tej Capildeo
- *****Kovid Capildeo
- ****Vahni Capildeo = David Simon Groiser
- ***Surendranath Capildeo = Shakti Capildeo
- ****Preeti Capildeo
- ****Priya Capildeo
- **Rudranath Capildeo = Ruth Capildeo
- ***Rudy Capildeo = Sandra Capildeo
- ****Jamie Capildeo = Nina Capildeo
- *****Tatiana Loveday Capildeo and Montague Cato Capildeo
- ***Rudy Capildeo = Rita Lucia Capildeo
- ****Rudy Charles Capildeo
- ****Lucy Capildeo
- ****Joseph Capildeo
- ****Oliver Capildeo
- **Rudranath Capildeo = Shirley Capildeo
- ***Anne Saraswati Gasteen Macdonald = Ken Macdonald
- ****Andrew Neil Gasteen Macdonald
- ****Catherine Louise Capildeo Macdonald
- **Dhanpatee Permanand = Ramnarine Permanand
- ***Owad Permanand
- ****Vijaya Permanand
- ****Rajendra Permanand'
- ****Narendra Deva Permanand
- ****Radha Permanand
- ****Rishi Permanand
- ***Sachedanand "Sash" Permanand = Jean Angela Permanand
- **Rajdaye Maharaj = Aiknath Ramcharan Maharaj
- **Kalawatee Capildeo = Ramnarace Permanand
- ***Rabindranath "Robbie" Permanand
- ***Baidwatie Permanand
- ***Chitrawatie Permanand
- ***Sawatee Permanand
- **Ahilla Capildeo
- ***Deo
- ***Phoolo
- **Beena Capildeo
- **Tara Capildeo = Pundit Hargobin
- **Kunti Capildeo = Pundit Baboo
- ***Boysie
- **Ramdoolarie Capildeo = Dinanath
- **Bindmatee Capildeo = Satnarine Panday
- **Omkar Capildeo