Kalib and Maxine Martin were born on Saint Vincent in the West Indies of the Caribbean. Kalib played cricket and Maxine ran track. They moved to New York individually, met there, were married and came to Minnesota, where Kalib worked for Northwest Airlines.
Kamal, the youngest of two sons, became an excellent football player for Burnsville High School, the Gophers and now has broken into the Packers' lineup as a rookie linebacker.
This will pit him against the Vikings on Sunday, and he was asked this penetrating question during a phone conversation Wednesday:
"So does your family background mean that you actually understand cricket?