I'm not a great example I'm afraid. My father was very gifted and he left so I was brought up by my brightish mother who was not intellectually inclined. It left me with lingering doubts about my own giftedness and perhaps had repercussions on the way my life turned out (which is fine btw, just not stellar)

I would say that as long as the parent with the child has an appreciation of giftedness and is willing to advocate all should be well in that regard.