paragraph_text: Njegovi su roditelji bili poglavica Kukohou<ref>Sheldon Dibble. History of the Sandwich Islands. Press of the Mission Seminary. i gospa Hineuki, koji su bili polubrat i polusestra, čija je seksualna unija smatrana svetom prema havajskom zakonu. Na drevnim Havajima, djeca rođena u braku brata i sestre smatrana su bogovima na Zemlji. Kao dječak, Kaniuhu je obrezan te je nepoznato je li imao braće. Njegova supruga je bila gospa Hiliamakani,<ref>Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii (2007). koja mu je rodila sina Kanipahua.<ref>Abraham Fornander (1880). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. Trubner & Company.<ref>The family tree of the Chief Kanipahu. "Kanipahu (Chief of Hawaii Island)... married Alaikauakoko (Kanakoko)."<ref>Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila (1906). Genealogy of the Robinson family, and ancient legends and chants of Hawaii, Honolulu Bulletin Publishing Company.