Editing Samuel C. C. Ting (section)

== Personal life ==
Ting lived in a turbulent age during his childhood and his family was a big influence on him. In his biographical for the Nobel Prize, he recalled:

: ''Since both my parents were working, I was brought up by my maternal grandmother. My maternal grandfather lost his life during the first Chinese Revolution. After that, at the age of thirty-three, my grandmother decided to go to school, became a teacher, and brought my mother up alone. When I was young I often heard stories from my mother and grandmother recalling the difficult lives they had during that turbulent period and the efforts they made to provide my mother with a good education. Both of them were daring, original, and determined people, and they have left an indelible impression on me.''

: ''When I was twenty years old I decided to return to the United States for a better education. My parents' friend, G.G. Brown, Dean of the School of Engineering, University of Michigan, told my parents I would be welcome to stay with him and his family. At that time I knew very little English and had no idea of the cost of living in the United States. In China, I had read that many American students go through college on their own resources. I informed my parents that I would do likewise. I arrived at the Detroit airport on 6 September 1956 with $100, which at the time seemed more than adequate. I was somewhat frightened, did not know anyone, and communication was difficult.''<ref name="Nobel_Bio">{{cite web |url = https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1976/ting-bio.html |title = Samuel C.C. Ting - Biographical |date = 1976 |access-date = June 3, 2014 |website = Nobel prizes and laureates |publisher = [[Nobel Foundation]] |archive-date = July 30, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140730020914/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1976/ting-bio.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

Ting is the eldest son of his family. He has one brother, Ting Chao-hua ({{lang|zh-hant|丁肇華}}) and one sister, Ting Chao-min ({{lang|zh-hant|丁肇民}}). In an interview with [[China Central Television]], he explained that the combination of his siblings' and his name is the first three characters of "{{lang|zh-hant|中華民國}}" ([[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]). His parents named them after the country to commemorate their grandfather, who was a [[Martyr (politics)|martyr]] in the [[Xinhai Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|title=丁肇中（下）|url=http://tv.people.com.cn/GB/39805/10166135.html|work=《大家》|publisher=Renmin Ribao|access-date=2013-01-27|language=zh-hans|archive-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321232358/http://tv.people.com.cn/GB/39805/10166135.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1960, Ting married Kay Louise Kuhne, an architect, and together they had two daughters: Jeanne Ting Chowning and Amy Ting. In 1985, he married Dr. Susan Carol Marks, and they had one son, Christopher, born in 1986.<ref name="Nobel_Bio" /> Ting also has two grandchildren, and three great-nieces and nephews, one of which include Ella S. Ting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for John C. Ting |url=https://www.edwardsdowdle.com/obituaries/John-C-Ting?obId=33656119 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.edwardsdowdle.com |language=en}}</ref>