People with famous parent(s): When/How did you realise they’re public figure(s)? How did it affect you?

1. My friend is the great [whatever amt of great’s] granddaughter of Henry Ford & she knew from the moment she was able to speak. She has this unspoken superior air around her & she knows she’s set for life. She’s nice though. Ballin’ ass house.
   — iBeFloe


2. My dad is famous in the Folk Music world and every now and then people will stop him to say hi or whatever. I wouldn't call him a celebrity, but he's certainly well known in the scene. He's had a long career and I've been aware of it forever, but it doesn't really affect me too much in general day to day life. I have had some really incredible experiences because of it though! My favourite thing by far is reading through the comments on his Facebook page. It could be a super trivial post about shoveling snow or mowing the lawn and yet without fail, someone will comment "There's a song in that!" It's hilarious. Edit: To those of you guessing, he has 3 Juno awards. That should be a decently revealing hint!
   — ISAPS


3. My boss is a celebrity and her 5 year old kid is starting to realise something is up. He recently questioned why random people always ask her for photos and my boss told him that people were just being friendly. Since then he started asking people for selfies when he wants to be friendly, it’s cute.
   — throwthatjellyaway






4. Bill Nye is my uncle, and it wasn't really until third grade that it sunk in for me that everyone else thinks it's incredible that they're now only 2 degrees of separation away from someone on TV. That was the year that we started watching his videos for science lessons. And no I don't really like Saves the World. Based on his irl personality it's easy to see why the original Science Guy show worked; he genuinely loves explaining things. Explaining fundamental scientific ideas to little kids, in humorous and easy to understand ways, made for some great TV. This new show is full of assumptions and inane debating, like it's trying to "get" the "other side." But he's a good person. If you've heard stories about him being a dick they're probably true; strangers can get pretty unbearable sometimes.
   — hcnye


5. I don't think my father, the inventor of **Toaster Strudel**, would be too pleased with me answering this question.
   — CaliforniaStoked


6. My dad is a famous professional golfer and my godfather is in the golf hall of fame. I spent my entire childhood at golf courses. I was used to people at golf courses and even restaurants coming up to say hi to him, but I didn't really realise he was anything special until I was probably 7 or so. I told my friends I was going to be missing school for a week because I was going with my dad to the Uk for the British Open. It wasn't the first time I'd missed school, but I was finally at that age where it actually mattered if I missed school. Nothing really changed since none of my friends cared about golf. I never even learned to play golf so I stopped spending time at golf courses and it was easy to forget he was anything different.
   — ShayBriar






7. My father is very well known in his scientific field. I never really thought twice about it as a kid. I got to do lots of cool things (field trips, nature tv shoots, etc.) and it was just the norm. I went to a convention with him when I was 21 and he was the keynote speaker, and I realized he was a rock star. Folks just loved meeting him. They brought his books to sign, asked for pics, etc. My dad is super humble and chill, so it was at that point I realized the greatness of my dad. He put his kids (and now his grandkids) on his shoulders so they could see the amazing world he got to experience because of his success.
   — graptemys


8. Trying to guess the celebrity makes this is one of the most frustrating r/askreddit threads in a while
   — ThatSemiConductor


9. Not my parent, but my great uncle (kind of). He’s been dating my great aunt for nearly 40 years. He was the lead guitarist for Blondie. It didn’t seem like anything big to me until he got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That’s pretty sweet. I don’t see him much, but I’ve gotten to chill with him a couple of times. Edit: It’s Frank Infante - not Chris Stein. Just for clarification.
   — Captain_Crux






10. Apparently my boyfriend's uncle is Steve Harris from Iron Maiden and me being a huge fan of Iron Maiden since I was like four? I had no fucking clue he has a house in my country and walks around town in pink polos. Once I was walking with my boyfriend and I saw Steve fucking Harris walking across the street and I freaked out and then my boyfriend told me "chill, he's my uncle" and calls him to introduce me. We've been dating for two years now and I'm still shook at family gatherings (especially my dad because he's also a huge iron maiden fanboy 😂) Edit: once again I'm so sorry to the person I replied in a rude way. I read it wrongly at first and didn't even bother to read back before replying (dumb me) I really hope everything is okay? Sorry
    — anaperarocha


11. Don't know of this counts but here goes. I've known Stephen Colbert since I was a child because my parents were his neighbors in Greenwich MA. I didn't know he was anything other than just a normal guy up until somewhere around 8 years old (give or take a couple years). Edit: Spelling
    — thespecialpig


12. My friend’s grandpa sculpted the statue of the Christ in Rio, Brazil! I could not believe it when she told me, but a quick search confirmed it. Apparently it’s only one of the many pieces he’s created over the years and she seemed pretty casual about it. Pretty impressive thinking your art can let people identify a city or even a country in a split second.
    — salmonado






13. My grandpa is a local news reporter. He's well know in my state. The first time I learned about him me and my parents were watching the news and my mom told me that was my grandpa. Didn't really affect me then and doesn't really affect me now, except for the occasional hello from complete strangers when I'm out with him. But there was one time when he took me to his job when I was really young and I ran on the set while the weather man was on. I had to announce that it would be snowing(which never happens here) and to give candy to my neighborhood. I was also really confused because the weatherman was pointing at nothing except a green screen which I didn't know how it worked. I realize that had nothing to do with my grandpa but i'm gonna keep it in anyway.
    — redboss05


14. I guess I caught on when my parent would get stopped and praised everywhere we went. I didn’t understand why until I was about 8 yrs old or so. My parent is a well known journalist. It herb affected me because I don’t see my parent as a “famous” person, more like a fancy scholar haha
    — bink34


15. I know the granddaughter of an American political figure you have probably all heard of. She said that she spends some time with her grandparent, but it is very constrained by the grandparent's job. Also she said that her sister would not write about her relationship to the grandparent to get into college or anything because she did not want an unfair advantage. My friend said that she herself had no such qualms.
    — FlaxGoldenTales