Nobel prizes awarded to parents and children

Undated,Oct 4 (Reuters) The award to US scientist Roger Kornberg of the 2006 Nobel prize for chemistry today marked the eighth time a parent and child have both become laureates.

Following is a list of such winners: Marie Curie (shared Physics 1903) Irene Joliot Curie (shared Chemistry 1935) - France Pierre Curie (shared Physics 1903) Irene Joliot Curie (shared Chemistry 1935) - France J.J. Thomson (Physics 1906) George Paget Thomson (shared Physics 1937) - United Kingdom William Henry Bragg&Lawrence Bragg (shared Physics 1915) - United Kingdom Niels Bohr (Physics 1922) Aage N. Bohr (shared Physics 1975) - Denmark Manne Siegbahn (Physics 1924) Kai M. Siegbahn (shared Physics 1981) - Sweden Hans von Euler-Chelpin (shared Chemistry 1929) Ulf von Euler (shared Medicine 1970) - Sweden Arthur Kornberg (shared Medicine 1959) Roger D. Kornberg (Chemistry 2006) - United States Reuters MS GC2013