Marriage and Family
Watson married Elizabeth Lewis in 1968. They have two sons, Rufus Robert Watson (b. 1970) and Duncan James Watson (b. 1972). Watson sometimes talks about their son Rufus, who suffers from schizophrenia. He wants to encourage progress in understanding and treatment of mental illness by determining how genetics contributes to it. Watson is an atheist. In 2003 he was one of 21 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.
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