Her father, Govindasamy Kuppusamy, hailed from the South Indian village of Thiruvallur in the District of Tanjore and came to Malaya as a very young man.

An ocean liner, that served its glorious 13 years in the Straits Service between Madras (now known as Chennai), Penang, Port Klang and Singapore till 12 Feb 1985.

Datuk G. Leelavathi's siblings are G. Manonmoney, G. Jayapalan (Deceased), G. Yusuf Siddiq Jegathesan (Klinik Ringlet, Cameron Highlands), K.G.

[2] She was an intelligent student who continued her tertiary education at Queen Mary's College, Madras for Bachelor of Science, Zoology.

She married Ramasamy Muniandy on 11 November 1978 who is also active in politics as a Branch Chairman of Pandan under the MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress).

[5] Datuk G. Leelavathi started working in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital as a Medical Officer on 30 December 1975 and later founded Klinik Leela, Taman Maluri, Cheras in 1983, currently succeeded by daughter Sharmila Ramasamy from March 2017.