I remember reading somewhere that talent often runs in families (with examples, which unfortunately I forgot)… but now I think the original article was probably about things like musical talent.
Although if we go looking for descendants rather than ancestors...
Irène Joliot-Curie (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Jointly with her husband, Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date.[1] Both children of the Joliot-Curies, Hélène and Pierre, are also esteemed scientists.[2]
I remember reading somewhere that talent often runs in families (with examples, which unfortunately I forgot)… but now I think the original article was probably about things like musical talent.
Quick look at Wikipedia:
Marie Curie—parents: teachers
Albert Einstein—father: salesman / electrician; mother: ?housewife?
Alan Turing—father: civil servant; mother: ?housewife?
Okay, you have a point.
Although if we go looking for descendants rather than ancestors...