I whanau a Hawking i te 8 o Hanuere 1942 i Oxford ki a Frank (1905<unk>1986) me Isobel Eileen Hawking (née Walker; 1915<unk>2013). I whanau te whaea o Hawking i roto i te whanau o nga taote i Glasgow, Scotland. Ko tana tupuna tupuna tupuna tupuna, no Yorkshire, i nui ake te hoko i nga whenua ahuwhenua ka pahua i te hinganga nui o te ahuwhenua i te timatanga o te rautau 20th. I whakaorangia e tana tupuna tupuna tupuna te whanau mai i te parekura tahua ma te whakatuwhera i tetahi kura i roto i to ratau kaainga. Ahakoa nga herenga tahua a o ratau whanau, i haere nga matua e rua ki te Whare Wananga o Oxford, i reira ka panui a Frank i te rongoa me te Isobel i te Pirihimana, Meri me te Politics Economics. I mahi a Isobel hei kaiti mo te whare rangahau, a ko Frank he kairangahau. E rua nga tuahine o Hawking, ko Philippa me te tuahine, ko Edward me David, i whanau i Glasgow, Scotland. I te 1950 i noho a ia i roto
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