Capildeo family

The Capildeo family is an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian family of politicians 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 ("The Lion House")The Lion House 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. Translation from Hindustani 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 ==
*Pundit Raghunath Capildeo († 1926)= Soogee Capildeo (née Gobin) (1880 – 1952) (daughter of Bharat Gobinda and Minnie Gobin)
**Droapatie Naipaul (née) Capildeo (1913 –1991) = Seepersad Naipaul (1906 –1953)
***Sati Bissoondath (née Naipaul) = Crisen Bissoondath
****Neil Bissoondath (1955 – )
***Kamla Tewari (née Naipaul) (1929 – 2009)
***V. S. Naipaul (1932 – ) = Patricia Ann Naipaul (née Hale) †
***V. S. Naipaul (1932 – ) = Nadira Naipaul (née Alvi) (1953 – )
***Shiva Naipaul (1945 – 1985) = Jenny Naipaul (née Stuart)
****Tarun Naipaul (1974 – )
**Simbhoonath Capildeo (1914 – 1990) = Indradai Capildeo (née Ramoutar) (1920 – 2009)
***Sita Capildeo (1936 – ) = Watson 'Mac' Laetsch
***Devendranath Capildeo (1938 – 2003) = Leila Capildeo (née Bissoondath)
****Kavi Capildeo (1969 – ) = Ratna Capildeo (née Byragie)
*****Tej Capildeo
*****Kovid Capildeo
****Vahni Capildeo (1973 – ) = David Simon Groiser (marriage dissolved)
***Surendranath Capildeo (1940 – 2016) = Shakti Capildeo (née Maraj)
****Preeti Capildeo
****Priya Capildeo
**Rudranath Capildeo (1920 – 1970) = Ruth Capildeo (née Goodchild)
***Rudy Capildeo = Sandra Capildeo (née Melough)
****Jamie Capildeo
***Rudy Capildeo = Rita Lucia Capildeo (née Campolini)
****Rudy Charles Capildeo
****Lucy Capildeo
****Joseph Capildeo
****Oliver Capildeo
**Rudranath Capildeo (1920 – 1970) = Shirley Capildeo (née Gasteen) (1933 – 2007)
***Anne Saraswati Gasteen Macdonald (née Capildeo) = Ken Macdonald
****Andrew Neil Gasteen Macdonald
****Catherine Louise Capildeo Macdonald
**Dhan Permanand (née Capildeo) = Ramnarine Permanand
***Owad Permanand
**Rajdaye Maharaj (née Capildeo) (1900 – 1944) = Aiknath Ramcharan Maharaj (1896 – 1960)
**Kalawatee Capildeo
**Ahilla Capildeo
**Beena Capildeo
**Tara Capildeo
**Kunta Capildeo
**Ramdoolarie Capildeo
== References ==
Category:Political families
Category:Family trees
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