Kalahumoku I (Kalahuimoku I) was a

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of Hāna. Kalahumoku was born either on

Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length an ...

or the Big Island to

Kanipahu Kanipahu was an ancient Hawaiian chief. He was of the Pili line. Kanipahu was a son of Chief Kaniuhu and Hiliamakani. After Kanipahu lived on Molokaʻi and it was discovered that he was a chief, he was taken (as husband) by Hualani, the ruling c ...

and

Hualani Hualani (''hua lani'' = "heavenly fruit") was a High Chiefess of Molokai in ancient Hawaii. Hualani‘s parents were Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku. When Hualani discovered that a man named Kanipahu was a chief, she married him. Kanipahu ...

, Hereditary High Chiefess of Molokai. Kalahumoku’s brother was

Kanaloa In the traditions of ancient Hawaii, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoolawe. In legends and chants, Kāne and Kanaloa are por ...

, father of

Kalapana of Hawaiʻi Kalapana was a High Chief who lived in ancient Hawaii. Kalapana is also known as Kalapanakuʻioʻiomoa and Kalapaua. Kalapanakuʻioʻiomoa is his longest name that includes the nickname. He is commonly known as either ''Kalapa'' or ''Kalapana''. ...

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wrote Kalapana was Kalahumoku's brother,

. ''Hawaiian Antiquities''. but this was not true because Malo had ignored a generation. The two brothers had been brought up in retirement in the countryside of the Big Island, without the knowledge of

Kamaiole Kamaiole is a chief mentioned in Hawaiian chants and legends. He was ''Aliʻi Nui'' ("king") by usurpation. David Malo mentions that Kamaiole seized the kingdom of Kanipahu of Hawaii (the Big Island), who fled to the island of Molokai. Kamaiole ...

, their father's usurper, because if Kamaiole had known them to be the sons of the chieftain, he would have put them to death. Sometime after or before Kalapana came to the

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, Kalahumoku settled at Kauwiki on Maui and became a chieftain of Hāna. Kalahumoku married Laamea and begot a son, Iki-a-Laamea. Iki-a-Laamea married Kalamea and begot a son, Kamanawa-a-Kalamea. Kamanawa-a-Kalamea married Kaina (Kaiua) and begot Onakaina (Ua'kaiua). Onakaia married Kuamakani and had Kanahae-a-Kuamakani who married Kapiko and had Kuleana-a-Kapiko. Kuleana-a-Kapiko married Keniani-a-hoolei and had Akahiakuleana, mother of

Umi-a-Liloa ʻUmi-a-Līloa (fifteenth century) was the supreme ruler Aliʻi-ʻAimoku (High chief of Hawaiʻi Island) who inherited religious authority of Hawaiʻi from his father, High Chief Līloa, whose line is traced, unbroken to Hawaiian "creation". Ali� ...

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Abraham Fornander Abraham Fornander (November 4, 1812 – November 1, 1887) was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an important journalist, judge, and ethnologist in Hawaii. Early life and education Fornander was born in Öland, Sweden on November 4, 1812, to An ...

. ''An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations''. House of Pili Royalty of Hawaii (island) Royalty of Molokai