Kanipahu was a son of Aliʻi Kaniuhu[1] and Hiliamakani.
[2] One of the neverforgotten fact of Kanipahuʻs descendants was this marriage.
Beside Hualani, of Molakaʻi and Oʻahu descent above mentioned, he also married his half-aunt, Alaʻikauakoko, who at one time, whether previously or subsequently cannot now be ascertained, was the wife of Lakona of Oahu.
With one of them he fathered two sons: Kanaloa—father of Kalapana of Hawaiʻi—and Kalahumoku I,[3] ancestor of Akahiʻakuleʻana.
Malo skips this generation, showing Kalapana as the son of Kanipahu.