[en] Full text: The p-nuclei are a particular set of 35 stable nuclei heavier than iron located at the proton-rich side of the valley of β-stability. These are thought to be considerably produced by a series of photodisintegration reactions from neutron rich isotopes, previously produced by neutron capture processes. The process of creating these p-nuclei, the so-called γ-process is believed to occur e.g. in the O/Ne layers of Type II Supernovae at temperatures of a few GK. In order to run a γ-process network calculation, the p-nuclei abundances and the rates of reactions involved have to be known. However, the α-nucleus optical potential is one of the most uncertain parameters of the theoretical reaction rate calculation. As such, the experimental study of the low energy α-nucleus optical potential is of crucial importance. In this work we present the results from the analysis of the experimentally measured angular distributions of the reactions ⁶⁴Zn(α,α)⁶⁴Zn and ¹⁰⁶Cd(α,α)¹⁰⁶Cd at energies above and below the Coulomb barrier. The difficulties that arise in the study of the α-nuclear potential and the so-called Family Problem are also addressed in this work.