The Leakey family is similar in many ways. They live in East Africa, but the family is from England. Louise Leakey is am explorer, but for her family that's normal! Louise's mother is Maeve and she's an explorer. Her father is Richard Leakey. Richard is also in East Africa, but he's a farmer. Richard's half borther is Colin Leakey. Colin isn't in Africa, but he's an explorer and a scientist at Cambridge Universily in England. Louise's grandparents (Louis and Mary) are dead, but they were also famous explorers. Louise sister is Samira, but she works for the World Bank. Their uncle and aunt are Phillip Leakey and his wife Katy. They have an international company.