Nikia Paxton

Niki Anderson (born Nikia Paxton) is the daughter of Cassie and Mel Paxton. Niki is wed to Samuel Anderson, a clone of a close friend of hers. She changed her name after marriage.

History
Niki's original name was Nikia Paxton and she hailed from Sunset City. She is the firstborn of Cassie and Mel, and the older sister of Cory and Ebenezer. Her mother died when she was a teenager, and her father met the same fate when she was reaching adulthood. After her parents died, she and her younger brothers were put into the custody of the Hydes, their close relatives.

After graduating and facing unemployment for a couple of years, Nikia sought to seek new life in Vice City in hopes of getting employment as a journalist. She also wishes to travel overseas and explore new cultures. Both of her wishes are granted as she became a journalist at Ted Ed Corps and she managed to travel to several places such as Egypt, China and France, developing close relationships with several natives.

In Egypt, she became acquainted with Samir and his family. They grew close and kept in contact after Nikia left Egypt. Samir expressed his family's desire to immigrate to the United States and settle in Vice City, in which Nikia helped them in their immigration process.

Nikia's husband is Samuel Anderson, who bears a heavy resemblance to Samir save for his hairstyle, eyebrows and his personality as well as his accent. He is in fact Samir's genetic identical (a clone) who was birthed sometime after Samir's stem cells were harvested in his youth, while he was staying in Britain. Sam is a year younger than Nikia.

After her marriage to Samuel Anderson, she changed her name to Niki Anderson, adopting her husband's surname and changing her first name by removing the letter "a". They have a son named Casey Jr. Anderson, whom she named after his father, though the spelling is slightly different.