I remember being around 10/11 and getting dragged to dark sky sites and catching the train into Observatory Hill to attend BAA (British Astronomical Association) meetings.... but that was by a big brother!
He is now a professional astronomer, I took the amateur path.
As for parents, my dad played rugby league for Canterbury in the 1960s. My parents are very different, and my mum decided she didn't want me to be like my dad.... so she sent me to private school and enrolled me in fencing at age 11. It kinda backfired when I dropped out of uni to compete at World Champs... all those years of school fees "wasted" for sport.
