MO`OKŪ`AUHAU: GENEALOGY

HWST 104

WHY STUDY GENEALOGY?

• To strengthen family ties

• To personalize history and geography

• To create a legacy for your descendants

• To learn research techniques

• To create history, not just study it

Mo`okū`auhau

• Mo`okū`auhau, or genealogy, is very important to the Hawaiian people

• It is important to know where you come from

• Genealogy determined rank of ali`i

• You will find that most mo`olelo and ka`ao begin with some form of genealogy

TIPS ON RESEARCHING YOUR OWN MO`OKŪ`AUHAU

• Do interviews with your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in your family lines to research your family roots.

• Find out at much as you. Some things you may want to ask include:– Birth and death dates and places, marriage dates and places and

who the person married, children, etc.– Education, Occupation, Religion, Adoption, Military Service,

Foreign Language(s) spoken, Immigration, Family Stories about this person.

CREATING YOUR MO`OKŪ`AUHAU

• Do not just use first names if at all possible.

• Use given names rather than nicknames on your official genealogy chart.

• When using names for women, use given last names (maiden names) rather than married names

GENOGRAM SYMBOLS

• A genogram is a graphic representation of a person’s mo`okū`auhau, or genealogy. It displays the interaction of generations within a family.– For example, males are represented by a square

; females by a circle .– For more on genogram symbols, visit the

following website:

http://www.genopro.com/genogram/symbols/

KA MOʻOKŪʻAUHAU O KA ʻOHANA CHONG

Chong Family Genealogy

(Sample)

Reginald Joseph Wailana Chong

Paternal Grandfather

Evelyn Leimamo Apo

Paternal GrandmotherHerbert YamashitaPaternal Grandfather

Reginald K. ChongUncle

Miles K. ChongUncle

Ryan Kauʻi ChongFather

Vaughn W. ChongUncle

Rachel Elaine GapolPaternal Grandmother

Scotty YamashitaUncle

Brandon YamashitaUncle

Gabrielle Kamālamalamaonālani YamashitaMother

Rachelle YamashitaAuntie

Callie Kapuahiwaikauika’iu Sayuri Chong

Rion Keakakaiuli Ichiro Chong

LaineyHaliʻalaulani KimikoChong

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

• ʻO Reginald Joseph Wailana Chong ke kāne no Kailua, Oʻahu

• ʻO Evelyn Leimamo Apo ka wahine no Pāʻia, Maui.

• Noho pū lāua. Hānau ʻia mai ʻo Ryan Kauʻi Chong, he kāne.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

• ʻO Herbert Yamashita ke kāne no ʻŌlaʻa, Hawaiʻi

• ʻO Rachel Gapol ka wahine no ʻŌlaʻa, Hawaiʻi.

• Noho pū lāua. Hānau ʻia mai ʻo Gabrielle Kamālamalamaonālani Yamashita, he wahine

ʻO Ryan Kauʻi Chong ke kāne no Hilo, HawaiʻiʻO Gabrielle Kamālamalamaonālani Yamashita ka wahine no

Keaʻau, Hawaiʻi.Noho pū lāua. Hānau ʻia mai ʻo Rion Ichiro Keakakaiuli

Chong, he kāne. A hānau ʻia mai ʻo Callie Kapuahiwaikauikaʻiu Sayuri Chong a me Lainey Haliʻalaulani Kimiko Chong, he mau wāhine.