Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 5, 1 May 2001 — ʻOhana search [ARTICLE]

ʻOhana search

I'm in search of 'ohana from the islands of O'ahu, Maui and Hawai'i. I'm tracing our ancestry for family records and also to keep our Hawaiian culture alive. My

grandfather was Wenceslao Lorenzo Malahanan (his mother was from the Kalohelani elan) from Waimānalo, O'ahu. Our bloodline traces back to the Akiona, Kalohelani, Kamanoha and Kahaloa families. Wenceslao's father was Rogalio Malahanan from Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, Phillipines, and he and his wife, Kamea Kamauoha Kalohelani, were both field workers in the Waimānalo area. I located 'ohana here in San Diego who are Ku'uipo KanamuGrube, the Kalohelani 'ohana, Auntie Lei Winkler, and Auntie Baby-Lei Alvarez. My cousin Ipo told me that we are related to Keali'i Reichel (if we are, please write me "cuz"). I have been learning the Hawaiian language, dancing hula kahiko and keeping the Hawaiian paniolo culture alive here in San Diego, whieh is very hard, because people don't believe there are Hawaiian cowboys. If anyone has any information, write to me at 2275 lngrid Ave.. San Diego, CA 92154. Mahalo nui loa, "pūpūkahi i holomua." Mo Kalohelani-Malahanan San Diego