Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Arthur Ashkin akaberekerwa muBrooklyn, New York, muna 1922, kumhuri yechiJudha chakabva kuUkraine. Vabereki vake vakanga vari Isadore naAnna Ashkin. Aiva nevanun'una vaviri, mukoma, Julius, aivawo nyanzvi yefizikisi, uye hanzvadzi, Ruth. Mumwe mukoma wangu Gertrude akafa achiri muduku. Musha wemhuri yacho waiva muBrooklyn, New York, pana 983 E 27 Street. Isadore (akaberekerwa Ashkinazi) akanga atamira kuUnited States achibva kuOdessa (panguva iyoyo Umambo hweRussia, zvino Ukraine), pazera ramakore 18. Anna, muduku kwaari nemakore mashanu, akabvawo kuUkraine yanhasi, ipapo Galicia, Umambo hweAustria-Hungary. Mukati memakore gumi ekumhara kwake muNew York, Isadore akanga ava mugari wemuU.S. uye akanga achitarisira laboratory yemazino pa 139 Delancey Street muManhattan.Ashkin akasangana nomudzimai wake, Aline, paCornell University, uye vakaroorana kwemakore anopfuura 60 vane vana vatatu nevazukuru vashanu. Akanga ari mudzidzisi wekemisitiri paHolmdel High School, uye mwanakomana wavo Michael Ashkin, purofesa wezvemifananidzo paCornell University.  Mubvunzo: Ndiani akabva kuOdessa achienda kuUnited States aine makore 18?
Isadore