His father, Fernando Ilharco's academic career includes Law, which he finished in 1984, and the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, where he took his MBA, which he finished in 1993. He has been a lecturer and professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the UCP for around 14 years. He is also a researcher at the Communication and Culture Studies Centre.
André Ilharco, Fernando's son, graduated in Political Communication in 2016. He is currently a Master's student.