Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kakannin Tolkien na mahaifinsa sun kasance masu sana'a na tsakiya waɗanda suka yi da kuma sayar da agogo, agogo da pianos a London da Birmingham. Iyalin Tolkien sun samo asali ne daga garin Kreuzburg na Gabashin Prussia kusa da Königsberg, wanda aka kafa a lokacin fadada Jamusanci na gabas na tsakiyar zamanai, inda aka haifi tsohon kakannin mahaifinsa Michel Tolkien a kusa da 1620. Dan Michel Christianus Tolkien (1663<unk>1746) ya kasance attajiri mai niƙa a Kreuzburg. Dansa Christian Tolkien (1706<unk>1791) ya ƙaura daga Kreuzburg zuwa Danzig da ke kusa, kuma 'ya'yansa maza biyu Daniel Gottlieb Tolkien (1747<unk>1813) da Johann (wanda daga baya aka sani da John) Benjamin Tolkien (1752<unk>1819) sun yi ƙaura zuwa London a cikin shekarun 1770 kuma sun zama magabatan dangin Ingilishi; ƙaramin ɗan'uwan shi ne J. R. R. Tolkien na biyu kakan kakan kakanni. A cikin 1792 John Benjamin Tolkien da William Gravell sun karɓi masana'antar Erdley Norton a London, wanda daga wannan lokacin ya sayar da agogo da agogo a ƙarƙashin sunan Gravell &amp; Tolkien. Daniel Gottlieb ya zama ɗan ƙasar Britaniya a shekara ta 1794, amma kamar dai John Benjamin bai taɓa zama ɗan ƙasar Britaniya ba. Wasu 'yan'uwanmu da ke Jamus sun zo London tare da su. Mutane da yawa da sunan mahaifi Tolkien ko kuma irin wannan rubutun, wasu daga cikinsu 'yan uwa ne kamar J. R. R. Tolkien, suna zaune a arewacin Jamus, amma yawancin su zuriyar mutanen da suka kwashe daga Gabashin Prussia
a shekara ta 1945, a ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.