She is related to a former royal house of India through Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, with her father being from the former royal family of Kagal and her grandmother,
Sita Raje Ghatge, being the daughter of Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore.
His mother, Sita Raje Ghatge, is the daughter of Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar
III of Indore(reigned 1903-1926) by his American-born wife Nancy Miller who was formally adopted by the Maharaja's aunt and took the name Sharmishtha Devi Holkar upon marrying the Maharaja.