The Nalaielua Family Genealogy
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Onzuka or Katsuda


I am not a Nalaielua, but my wife is. Patricia Nalaielua is the daughter of Robert and La Verne Nalaielua Jr. Of course, after marrying me, she is now Patricia Onzuka. I started researching my own genealogy about a year before we got married and never stopped. I have been trying to persuade her to do the same on her side of the family for years. I think she is starting to come around. I received a damaged copy of an old family tree from Henry Nalaielua (Patty's uncle). And Grampa (Robert Nalaielua Sr.) is currently working on updating the family tree and will send it to me once it is finished. Time allowing, I am planning to input the hard copy of the family tree into Family Tree Maker, which is the genealogy software that I am using. Eventually I plan to add more information to this page, amongst others. If you have any information that you would like to add, please feel free to contact me or email Patty.


History of the Nalaielua name

The Nalaielua name is a truncated or shorten version of the whole name. The family which now uses the Nalaielua name started out with the Aweau name. The Nalaielua family raised the Aweau children and as a show of respect and gratitude, they took on the Nalaielua name. The family grew up on the island of Hawaii and moved around that island a lot while growing up.

News on Unknown Family Members

Since I have not gone through Nalaielua genealogy thoroughly yet, hopefully, I will not run across any family members that I do not know the connection to the family.


News on Known Family Members

Children of Robert & La Verne Nalaielua Jr.
Patricia Ann (Nalaielua) Onzuka is married to Christopher Onzuka, the creator of this page, lives in Pearl City, Hawaii and can be contacted by emailing her at patty@onzuka.com.

Tracy (Nalaielua) Furukawa is married to Alan Furukawa and they recently (October 4, 2000) had their first child, Sierra La Verne Kale'a Furukawa. Sierra can be seen by clicking here.

Kyle Nalaielua had his first child (August 2000), Justin Robert Nalaielua and had his second child, Jonah.

Henry Nalaielua is in Kalaupapa, Molokai, but travels frequently. Uncle Henry arrived in Kalaupapa when he was only 15 years old, but he says that he would not have it any other way. His experiences in Kalaupapa has allowed him to not only meet, but be-friended many influential people. Patty & I visited Uncle Henry in Kalaupapa in August 2000 and received a personalized grand tour of not only the sites, but also the important history behind those sites. It was my first time on Molokai and Patty's second time. Needless to say, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and hope to return very soon.

Please email us with any comments, suggestions, or questions about our page or if you have additional information.

If you are related to our family and would like to be included in the family tree that I am researching, please contact us.


Last updated 10/8/02.