U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  Arthur Ashkin wuxuu ku dhashay Brooklyn, New York, sanadkii 1922, qoys asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Ukraine oo Yuhuud ah. Waalidiintiisa waxay ahaayeen Isadore iyo Anna Ashkin. Wuxuu lahaa laba walaalo ah, walaalkiis, Julius, sidoo kale waa fiisikiste, iyo walaashiis, Ruth. Mid ka mid ah walaasheyda waaweyni, Gertrude, waxay dhimatay iyadoo yar. Gurigoodu wuxuu ku yaalay Brooklyn, New York, 983 E 27 Street. Isadore (wiilkiisa Ashkinazi) wuxuu u soo haajiray Maraykanka isagoo 18 jir ah isagoo ka yimid Odessa (oo markaas ka tirsanaa Boqortooyada Ruushka, haatanna ka tirsan Ukraine). Anna, oo shan sano ka yar, waxay ka timid Ukraine, markaas Galicia, Boqortooyada Austro-Hungarian. Muddo toban sano gudahood ah markii uu soo degay New York, Isadore wuxuu noqday muwaadin Mareykan ah wuxuuna ku shaqeynayay shaybaarka ilkaha ee 139 Delancey Street ee Manhattan. Ashkin wuxuu la kulmay xaaskiisa, Aline, Jaamacadda Cornell, waxayna is guursadeen in ka badan 60 sano oo ay leeyihiin saddex carruur ah iyo shan awoowe ah. Waxay macalin ka ahayd kimistariga dugsiga sare ee Holmdel, iyo wiilkooda Michael Ashkin, oo ah borofisar ku takhasusay farshaxanka jaamacadda Cornell.  Su'aal: Yaa ka tagay Odessa si uu ugu tago Maraykanka isaga oo 18 jir ah?
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