I definitely puzzled mine. They had one extremely normal daughter, and me. And I too went straight for Science! After I read Jules Verne, anwyay. Mom was all right with that, but Elias. . . . Well, he hated scientists, so we clashed horribly until --

Honestly, I don't think he was entirely sane
He threatened

I ended up leaving the house at 17. Elias disowned me, but my sister transferred what she felt my share of the inheritence should have been to me upon their deaths.