Taken from Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Vol. 6, No. 40, 10/5/1867. It says:O Kahekili ke keiki alii, a ua kiekie no kona mau makua. It talks about Kahekili, an alii child and states his parents lofty genealogy if you want to put it that way.O Kahekili ke keiki a Nueku Kalola, ke kaikamahine a Kapaaakiha, a laua o Kalaniulumoku.......Kahekili, child of Nueku Kalola, the daughter of Kapaaakiha and Kalaniulumoku. It continues on to say who Kalaniulumoku was....keiki a Alapaiwahine, me Kalanihelemaiiluna, ke keiki a Kamehameha Nui. which continues by saying that (Kalaniulumoku) was a child of Alapawahine and Kalanihelemaiiluna, the son of Kamehamehanui.Now Kamehamehanui was the son of Kekaulike, an older brother to Kahekili who fought against Kalaniopuu and later Kamehameha I, and Kamehamehanui was also the brother of Kalola(pupukaohonokawailani), all of whom were children of Kekaulike and his wife Kekuiapoiwanui.Just an FYI, Kalanihelemaiiluna had another son aside from Kalaniulumoku. With his wife Kawao, he had Paki, the father of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.Ok, so we continue with the father of Kahekili.O Luluhiwalani ka makuakane, ke keiki a Pualinui, ke kaikamahine a Kamakolunuiokalani me Kalaniopuu. This line says that Luluhiwalani is the father (of Kahekili), and Luluhiwalani was the son of Pualinui, who was a daughter of Kamakolunuiokalani and her husband the chief Kalaniopuu. Then the following continues with the maternal line.O Keoua ka makuakane o Luluhiwalani, ke keiki a Kahililalahau me Kekuamanoha, ke keiki a Kekaulike. This says that Keoua was the father of Luluhiwalani, and that Keoua was teh son of Kahililalahau and Kekuamanoha, and Kekuamanoha was the son of Kekaulike whom I mentioned previously as being the father of Kamehamehanui, Kalola and Kahekili.Further down it mentions S. M. Kamakau, so we're aware of the source. No piracies there unless someone has an explanation.So if I were to give a graphical representation of the above, this is how it would look like. To help lessen the confusion, I italicized all females.
A graphical tree like that is plain and simple and easy to understand, unlike how some people may try to confuse others by indicating = or == and in the legend claim it means a marriage when they also use it to divide a generation, and even more confusing by using a | claiming a direct descent yet they also use the word "children" or "child". So basically either "child" or | is used. Very confusing, or the person who designed the tree is trying to hide things, if not create ancestors.A chart is merely to a means to make words that you would normally read more comprehensible. So focus, and think about what your goal is. If you throw in "siblings" and don't list them or list a few and show nothing below them, you're only causing confusion. Also, limit naming additional things, such as "hanai" or extra spouses, or worse, step-spouses that didn't have any issues, unless it's important to show them. Again, the more simple it is, the easier it is to comprehend. If you must add additional comments, put them away, and put them in some type of dialogue box and with an arrow point to that particular ancestor or that box. You could do that, for example, if one ancestor was a kahu.Another common mistake people make, adding surnames to ancestors who never even had surnames. Surnames didn't become more of a common practice for Hawaiians until after 1861. So stop adding them, if possible, list that ancestor's name as the name they were known as. No need to impress anyone by adding on additional names that they never went by.And because of the lack of surnames. Do not get confused by one Hawaiian name and assume that it is the same person throughout time. The only way to accurately get the correct person whose identity may be questionable because they seem to be the same as another person with the same name, is to see who their parents were, and if siblings were available, who they were, just to verify that person is that person and not someone else with the same name.
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what resources are you finding the genealogy?
Anyway, I'm kinda like you when I do genealogy, minus the tears, but my naau is always burning and when I find people, it's a funny feeling, I can't explain it. It's like an eye opener kinda experience, but I guess as you say, it's a strong emotional and spiritual connection. It is the mana what we feel.