Same Family, Different Clothes is a story for young readers about where we all come from and why people around the world look different. Beginning in Africa, the story follows our shared human family as some ancestors journeyed into new environments, adapted over thousands of years, met ancient relatives like Neanderthals and Denisovans, and gradually developed the many visible differences we see today. Using clear language and the metaphor of “different clothes,” the book introduces children to human origins, migration, adaptation, ancestry, and the idea that beneath our differences, we remain one family. Created for curious children and the grown-ups who read with them, Same Family, Different Clothes offers an accessible, science-informed way to talk about human diversity without reducing people to race. Same family. Different clothes.