Margaret Lindsay Huggins was part of a family of four. She had a brother, Robert Douglas. Her parents were John Murray and Helen Lindsay. Her father was a solicitor,Becker, B.J. (2011). Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. who attended Edinburgh Academy. Margaret's younger brother by three years,McKenna-Lawlor, S.M.P. (2003) Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848–1915) Pioneering Astrophysicist. Whatever Shines Should be Observed. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol, 292. Springer, Dordrecht.
