From his paternal grandmother Keawe, he was descended from Kaiakea, his great-grandfather and an aliʻi (high chief) of Molokaʻi, who served as a political counselor, orator and many other different positions during the reign of the first Hawaiian king KamehamehaI [REF].
White married Ester Apuna Akina, the sister of fellow statesman Joseph Apukai Akina [REF].