Individual Details

LINEAGE
A. Conflict: Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 1 p 194;
He Buke Mookuauhau Alii, Hms G13, p 24;
Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 25
list Laamaikahiki as son of Kaikulani (w) and Laa (k), who was the son of Ahukai (k) and Keakamilo. Laa was a son of Ahukai (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 50).
B. "Laa-mai-kahiki, who was fourth in descent from Paumakua of the southern Ulu-puna branch" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 12).
B. Order of mates (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 16; Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 448).
C. Fragment: He might have been son or grandson of Kaneoneo, son of Keaumoku and Kapueo (w) (Genealogy, Volume I, G-44, p 8-9).
LIFE
A. Conflict: Born at Wahiawa in Waialua, Oahu (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 105).
B. Laa was adopted as a young child by Moikeha. Moikeha and Olopana took Laa to Raiatea, where he grew to a man. After Moikeha left Raiatea, Laa was left with Olopana, who considered him to be successor. As Moikeha approached the end of his life, he sent his sons to bring Laa from Raiatea to see him on Kauai. Thereafter, Laa as a young man returned to Oahu, the land of his father, to live for a time. The local chiefs convinced him to wed to perpetuate his noble blood. Laa left it to the chiefs to select his mate; they agreed that Laa should take 3 mates, all on the same day. He remained a year at Kualoa, and then prepared for his return to Raiatea. Before leaving, each of his mates gave birth to a son. Laa returned to Raiatea just in time to receive the dying blessing of Olopana, where he remained. No communication between Hawaii and southern groups are recorded for 600 years, or until the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778. (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 119-135).
C. Born as Laa, with his name extended to Laa-Mai-Kahiki (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 119).
D. After Olopana died, Laa became chief in Kahiki. But remembering the fertile conditions of the Hawaiian islands and the willingness of the laborers from Kila, Laa left Kahiki and settled in Kualoa, Oahu. He became known as Laa-mai-kahiki because he was from Kahiki. There he mated with three chiefesses, who each gave birth on the same day (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 108-109).
The "sons of Moikeha sailed to Kahiki to fetch La'a to be a chief for Hawaii nei," (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 77).
E. "... well known Hawaiian chief Laa, surnamed Mai-Kahiki, with whom, or perhaps with whose sons, closed the Hawaiian period of this interoceanic communication" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 7).
F. After returning from Kahiki, he lived on Molokai (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 106).
G. Order of first 4 spouses (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p xxv).
Regarding his wives, Hoakanuikapuaiehu was a wanderer, but the sisters Waolena and Waoaala were his steadfast wives (Genealogy, Volume I, G-44, p 35).

Marriage		Kualoa, Oahu - Waolena
Marriage		Kualoa, Oahu - Mano
Marriage		Kualoa, Oahu - Hoakanuikapuaihelu
Alt name		Laa Mai Kahiki
Alt name		Laamaikahiki
Alt name		Laamaomao
Birth		Kahiki
Pio

Spouse	Hoakanuikapuaihelu ( - )
Child	LauliaLaa ( - )

Spouse	Mano ( - )
Child	Kukona Laa ( - )

Spouse	Waolena ( - )
Child	AhukiniaLaa ( - )

Spouse	Waoaala ( - )
Child	Kukona ( - )

Spouse	Halaula ( - )
Child	Puwaluula ( - )

Father	Ahukai ( - )
Mother	Keakamilo ( - )