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Hey, guys.

Aloha.

-Genealogy is a way that I can understand who I am.

Keanolani, she was raised at Ukula, where Salt Pond is, where the pa'akai is made over in Hanapepe.

Raiatea's great-great-great-grandmother was Keanolani, and her family's story was almost erased from the history books.

Keanolani's mother was Abigail Maheha.

As a young child, Abigail attended the Chiefs' Children's School.

It was a boarding school reserved for the children of Hawaiian royalty.

The school was run by Calvinist missionaries, and like many institutions in the world at the time, the instructors were tasked with civilizing these young indigenous children.

Abigail had a relationship with one of her classmates and became pregnant.

The classmate was Lot Kapuaiwa, who many years later became King Kamehameha V. Instead of celebrating the birth of a new child of royal lineage, her missionary instructors punished the 14-year-old Abigail.

They expelled her from the school, sent her to Kaua'i, and married her off in secrecy.

But her legacy continued, and they have been preserved in the salt ponds of Ukula.

♪♪ Raiatea and her family are still learning about their ancestors.

But what they do know are the salt-gathering traditions.

For Hawaiians, salt is sacred, and it is used in many ceremonies.

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