• Question: Do you have any relatives that are into science as well?

    Asked by codfish to Clare, Divya, Ian, Jess, Lewis on 15 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Divya Venkatesh

      Divya Venkatesh answered on 15 Mar 2014:

      I have a distant cousin who is doing a PhD during his medical degree but otherwise not really. My generation has doctors, engineers, accountants and journalists but not scientists.

    • Photo: Jess Smith

      Jess Smith answered on 15 Mar 2014:

      Yep! My mum is a physics teacher, my brother did physics and is now doing a masters in sports science. My sister did animal science at university but isn’t a scientist now.

    • Photo: Lewis Dean

      Lewis Dean answered on 15 Mar 2014:

      No, I am the only one who is a scientist – my dad is an English teacher and my sister is a geographer.

      My mum has always been really interested in nature, I think that she was part of the reason that I got so interested in working with animals.

    • Photo: Clare Nevin

      Clare Nevin answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      None of my older family members has a science background, including aunts/uncles. My brother studies engineering at Uni and some of my cousins are studying science A-levels. You definitely don’t need to have a relative to make you think you can study science!

    • Photo: Ian Hands-Portman

      Ian Hands-Portman answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      I’m the only scientist in the family – my dad worked in radar on ships but that’s the closest we’ve got.

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