I suppose I'm one of those people who 'inherited' the love for aviation from a family member.
My granddad spent time as a pilot during World war 2 and the start of the Cold war. Although some of his stories were quite chilling, I still was amazed by what he went through, and for some odd unphantomable reason I wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Well, as it turned out, I couldn't follow in his footsteps, no head for maths, bad eyes, and since a number of years; autism. Luckily there are plenty of flightsims out there to keep me occupied.