Keaweʻōpala is the first born son of Alapainui (the usurping aliʻi nui of Hawaii Island) and his wife Keaka,[1] who cared for Kamehameha the Great in his youth along with her sister Hākau.
[5] Keaweʻopala would father a child with Moana Wahine, named Kalaimanokahoʻowaha also known as Kanaʻina, who would be taken into the new king's court to serve as a royal attendant as a new aliʻi line of secondary chiefs serving the supreme ruler of the island and the kingdom.
[6] Kanaʻina would cohabitate with his half sister from his mother Moana Wahine, Hākau.
Luahine's daughter was Kōnia, who was the mother of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the three times great granddaughter of Keaweʻopala.
Kanehiwa married a cousin named Kaulunae and were the parents of Lipoa and Julia Moemalie.