Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Tarihi: An haifi Arthur Ashkin a Brooklyn, New York, a shekara ta 1922, a cikin iyalin Yahudawa da suka fito daga Ukraine. Iyayensa sun kasance Isadore da Anna Ashkin. Yana da 'yan'uwa biyu, ɗan'uwa, Julius, kuma masanin kimiyyar lissafi, da' yar'uwa, Ruth. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwana, Gertrude, ta mutu sa'ad da take ƙarama. Gidan iyalin yana Brooklyn, New York, a 983 E 27 Street. Isadore (ɗan Ashkinazi) ya ƙaura daga Odessa (a Daular Rasha, yanzu Ukraine) zuwa Amirka sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 18. Anna, 'yar shekara biyar, ita ma ta fito ne daga Ukraine ta yau, sannan Galicia, Daular Austro-Hungary. A cikin shekaru goma da ya sauka a New York, Isadore ya zama dan kasar Amurka kuma yana gudanar da dakin gwaje-gwaje na hakori a 139 Delancey Street a Manhattan.Ashkin ya sadu da matarsa, Aline, a Jami'ar Cornell, kuma sun yi aure fiye da shekaru 60 tare da 'ya'ya uku da jikoki biyar. Ta kasance malamin ilmin sunadarai a makarantar sakandare ta Holmdel, kuma dan su Michael Ashkin, farfesa ne a jami'ar Cornell.  Tambaya: Wanene ya bar Odessa ya tafi Amurka yana da shekara 18?
Ƙaunar Isadore