Life Elementary Reading Text

Page 12 Unit 1: A family in Kenya

The Leakey family lives in Kenya. Louise Leakey is an explorer, but for her family that’s
normal! Louise’s mother is Meave and she’s an explorer. Louise’s father is Richard Leakey.
Richard is also in Kenya and he’s a conservationist. Richard’s half-brother is Colin Leakey.
Colin isn’t in Africa. He’s retired and he lives in England. Louise’s grandparents (Louis and
Mary) are dead, but they were also famous explorers. Louise’s sister is Samira. Their uncle
and aunt are Phillip Leakey and his wife Katy. They have an international company.