Joe Biden has previously claimed his great-great-great-great grandfather could have moved from Britain to Mumbai, India
One professor says the President-elect might be related to Christopher Biden, a captain who settled in India in 1839
If true, it would mean both Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris both have ties to India, as Harris late mother was born in the South Asian nation
Christopher Biden purportedly worked for the East India Company - a British stock company that conquered, subjugated and plundered the region
Local soldiers staged a violent mutiny against the East India Company in 1857, which led to the death of more than 6,000 Britons