Cdr. and Admiral of the King's Fleet and Joint Governor of Oahu.

This Akahi left her land to Bernice Pauahi Bishop.

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KU is also called KAUWAHINE, KU-ALI'I and KU-WAHINE
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Ku pi'o married her brother Kahekili. She is sometimes called "Kauwahine" in the genealogies, when she appears as the wife of Kahekili.

S.L.K. Peleioholani refers to Kuhooheiheipahu, sister and wife of Kahekili II by two names:

* "Kuhooheiheipahu" (in Ancestry of John Liwai Ena)
* "Kauwahine" (Robinson Family Genealogy)

Robinson Family Genealogy:
(Genealogy Table)
* Female Line = Kauwahine
* Male Line = Kahekili
* Issues = Kalanikupule (King of Oahu and Maui), Koalaukane (k.)

"The Ancestry of John Liwai Ena":
Look at Kuhooheiheipahu (w) and Kahekili (k), they being the true chiefly parents of Kamehameha I, Kalanikupule (k), and Koalaukani (k).

A. Fornander discusses "Kauwahine":

Kahekili had two wives : (1) Kauwahine, of the Kaupo Koo and Kaiuli chief families. Her children were-Kalanikupule and Koalaukani, already referred to, and two daughters, Kailikauoha and Kalola; the former becanie the wife of UlumeheiheiHoopilikane (son of Kameeiamoku) and mother of Liliha, the princely and popular wife of governor Boki of Oahu after the death of Kamehameha I. ; of the latter daughter, Kalola, nothing is known with certainty. (2.) Luahiwa, daughter of Kekaulike and his Mololokai wife Kane-a-Lae, and thus a half-sister to Kahekili. With her Kahekili had a son, Kahekilinuiahunu, also frequently called Manonokauakapekulani.

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She is called "Ku-ali'i" in the Koakanu Family Genealogy.
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One of the wives of Kalaniulumoku (I) was Ku-ali'i. This is obviously his aunt Ku (Kuhooheiheipahu, Kauwahine, Kuali'i I).


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KU is BIRTH MOTHER OF KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT
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Above we see S.L.K. Peleiholani assert that Ku is the wife of Kahekili and that together they are the true birth parents (biological parents) of Kamehameha the Great.

But later, S.L.K. Peleiholani says something in different in another work:

(Genealogy Table)
* Female Line = Kekuipoiwa II
* Male Line = Kahekili
* Issues = Kamehameha the Great

In the Robinson Family Genealogy (above), which was written 5 years after the John Liwai Ena genealogy, we that SLK Peleioholani has retreated from his assertion that Kamehameha was the ninaupio son of Ku and Kahekili. This was no doubt due to political pressures. But this softened version of an alternate Kamehameha birth is still controversial in that it retains Kahekili as the biological father rather than Keaoua.

In general, Kuhooheiheipahu ("Ku") is a sketchy figure in the genealogies. There is no doubt that she did exist and was a full blooded sister of Kahekili. But several major genealogies leave her name off the register completelt, with no explanation or mention. I believe this was part of the general effort to direct attention away from the actual facts of Kamehameha the Great's birth, which is understandable and to some degree probably wise politically.

At some point, it looks like pressure was applied to S.L.K. Peleioholani to adjust his genealogies. As time goes on, we do see his lists changing to conform to someone's wishes, perhaps his own daughter Annie's, who was a socialite and a friend of Queen Liluokalani and Bernice Bishop.

There are major changes to the Maui genealogies in SLK Peleioholani's later works, when he is very old kupuna and daughter Annie is probably very much in charge of things. We see unexplainable contradictions to his teachings from earlier in his life, at the height of his career. By coincidence, these changes were also convenient to the Queen and Bernice Bishop. In particular, the removal of "barbaric" pi'o (inter-family) marriages from the lists of recent generations is a glaring transformation to the genealogies, especially of Maui.

The Robinson Family genealogy, which is still an excellent work, is a case study in S.L.K. Peleiohlani's teachings being conformed to social needs. The Robinsons were leading lights of Honolulu society. All possible traces of the embaressing Kamehameha controversy or of the ("barbaric", "backward", "disgusting") pi'o marriages in the family background of socialite Bernice Pauahi Bishop have been again removed.

We must go back to review Peleioholani's classic genealogy masterypice, his Ancestry of John Ena and also his "Story of Kamehameha" realize how fully his later works have been compromised, for whatever reason.

Dean P. Kekoolani
2nd Great-grandson of Solomon L.K. Peleioholani
January 20, 2010
Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii

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FROM
The Complete Ancestry of John Liwai Kalaniopuuikapali-o-MoliIele-ma-wai-o-Ahukini-Kau-Hawaii Ena:

2. Look at Kekaulike (k), page 4, no. 10.
3. Kekaulikeokalanikuihonoikamoku (k), King of Maui.

Here are the children:
1. Kauhiaimokuakama (k)
2. Kamehamehanui (k)
3. Kalola (w), mother of Kiwalao and Liliha
4. Kuhoohiehie (w)*
5. Kahekili (k)
6. Namahanaikaleleonalani (w)
7. Kekuamanoha (k)
8. Kekuapoiula (w)/ wife of King Kahahana
9. Kaeokulani (k), King of Kauai
10. Manuhaaipo (w), Queen of lao
11. Ahia
12. Nahulanui