Only Child
Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke was born to Hans-Wilhelm and Maria Koepcke on October 10th, 1954 in Lima, Peru. Her father was a zoologist, ornithologist, and herpetologist while her mother was a known ornithologist who did great research work with Neotropical bird species was stationed in Pucallpa, Peru. Being their only child, all her wishes were fulfilled.