Half-Nekkid Thursday

I've exposed my heritage - Sawaiian

Samoan/Hawaiian with a bunch of other nationalities that made me white. I'm what the Hawaiians call a "Haole" - how-lee, meaning white.

I am a direct descendent of the King of Hawaii (King Kamehameha III) and I have authentic bracelets that prove my heritage. People think they get the real Hawaiian bracelets but you actually have to show your geneaology in order to get a real one. ;)

The first bracelet says - Ohana O'Kahalepu'ua O'Kalola O'Ali'i - translation (Family from the House of Pigs Belonging to Kalola). Yep, I belong to the house of pigs. Actually, the truth is, back in the Royal times, the more pigs you owned, the more royal you were and my ancestral grandmother was the High Cheifess of Maui who had more pigs than anyone on the islands.

The second bracelet - Haoleloke - translation (White Rose) How appropriate to shove it in my face that I look nothing like my dark Hawaiian family.

A Haole I am, and proud of it, dammit!