Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs

09/23/2025

Queen Dowager Emma (1836-1885) was a great humanitarian and founder of The Queen’s Hospital in 1859. Emma was the wife of H.M. King Kamehameha IV (b.1834-d.1863, r.1855-1863). Emma was the biological daughter of Alii Naea (k) and Alii Kekelaokalani (w) and the hanai daughter of the English physician Thomas Rooke and his wife Alii Grace Kamaikui Rooke (Emma’s maternal aunt).
Photo: HSA PNLPC-8-07731

09/23/2025

A vivid perspective regarding the life of Her Majesty Liliuokalani and the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government. “Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani”

09/22/2025

“Ngāti Tūwharetoa paramount chief Ariki Tā Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII, has passed away, aged 84. Moe mai rā e te rangatira.” The Hui NZ

Ngāti Tūwharetoa is descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated Te Arawa canoe to Aotearoa. Condolences to the ohana.

09/20/2025

Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria Kawekiu
Kaiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa (1875-1899).
HSA: PNLPC-1-07514

09/20/2025

Kumulipo talk at Punahou School, September 12, 2025.

He ahiahi kūkā me kekahi mau Kumu no nā haʻawina o ke mele koʻihonua ʻo ke Kumulipo, no ko Liliʻuokalani pili i ia mele, a no ke kuleana hoʻi o ka ʻike no lo...

09/19/2025

The Kumulipo is an ancestral cosmogonic chant traced from the origins of the universe through the generations to Lonoikamakahiki III (k) son of Lonomaaikanaka (w) via her paternal grandfather I-Kanaka (k) of Hilo:

“O I, Ia I ka moku, ka haina kanaka,
Ke Kaulana aina i P**ini,
Ka ohia ko, ke kuina o ka moku o Hawaii, Ia Ahu-ia-Ahu-a-I-ia Lono,
Ia Lonoikamakahiki-hoi.”
The Kumulipo

There are many chiefs descended from I-Kanaka’s granddaughter Lonomaaikanaka. The children of Lonomaaikanaka (w) and Hulu (k) were: {Kekahimoku (k) & Kauhiokaka (w)}; Lonomaaikanaka’s child by Keawe (II) (k) was Lonoikamakahiki III (k).


Image: Wai Ola Hawaii, Kumulipo 2025.

09/18/2025

Alii Laura Konia (c. 1808–1857), wife of Alii Abner P**i (1808-1855). Alii Konia was the mother of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884) who was the founder of Kamehameha Schools, and hanai mother of the future Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917). Alii Konia was first laid to rest at Pohukaina on the grounds of Iolani Palace, and in 1865 she and others were brought to Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum.
HSA: PP-98-17-004 (photo edit L.Jarman).

09/18/2025

Abner P**i (1808-1855), father of Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884) and hanai father of Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917). P**i was laid to rest at Pohukaina, and finally in the Kamehameha Crypt at Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum.

Description - High chief. Husband of "Konia". He died in 1855. His residence was afterwards the home of his daughter, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop; later, the Arlington Hotel; and in 1927 site of new Bank of Hawaii building corner King and Bishop Streets.
HSA PNMPC-6-20986

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09/18/2025

Royal Governor of Maui & Oahu, Prince Consort John Owen Dominis (1832-1891) of New York was the husband of Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani (married in 1862). Dominis lies at rest in the Kalākaua Crypt at Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Description - In uniform as member of the staff of King Kalakaua and as Governor of Oahu.
HSA: PNLPC-12-07845

09/17/2025

The Kumulipo chant of the royal lineage composed for Alii Lonoikamakahiki III was performed Sunday on the grounds of Iolani Palace in honor of one of Lonoikamakahiki’s great-great granddaughters, Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917).

09/16/2025

Kumulipo 2025 Post Event Survey for the organizers, mahalo!

Mahalo nui for joining us for the 2025 Kumulipo Showcase at ʻIolani Palace. Please share your manaʻo to help us understand your experience and strengthen future cultural events for our community.

09/16/2025

Mahalo nui to Kamuela Chun of Hilo for his vision to gather the people in honor of Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917). Sunday’s reciting of The Kumulipo was magnificent.

Papa Oli Hilo, Hawaii:
Kealii Akina, Baba Yim, Kalani Makekau-Whittaker, Kamuela Chun, Cody Ko'okane Pacheco, Lyons Alohikea Wong, Kahelelani Alohikea-Smith.