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In her book, "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen", Liliuokalani lists Kalaniʻōpuʻu as Pauli Kaʻōleiokū's father and Kānekapōlei as his mother.^[1]
In 1865 Ruth Keelikōlani openly challenged Princess Likelike's right to carry the kahili. This re-opened a long genealogy fight within the royal family when Likelike, in turn, questioned Ruth's direct decent from Kamehameha I through her grandfather, Pauli Kaʻōleiokū. She was assisted by her brother, David Kalakaua who drafted a family letter quoting many genealogies that name Kalaniʻōpuʻu as the father of aʻōleiokū. According to Kalakaua, Konis hers elf was heard many times to state she was not descended from Kamehameha but from Kalaniʻōpuʻu as even Kānekapōlei herself has stated.^[2]
Many historians doubt the accuracy of the genealogy of Pauli Kaʻōleiokū being attributed to Kamehameha I and have a great deal of evidence to support the conclusion.^[3]
Kamehameha I did have a daughter that he named Kihiwa Kānekapōlei, from his wife, Kauhilanimaka.^[4]
When Captain Cook tried to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, his two sons by Kalaniʻōpuʻu were identified as having followed the group to the shore. In some accounts, only one son was present.^[5]

References

^ Queen Liliuokalani (13 September 2011). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. Tuttle Publishing. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-4629-0197-5.
^ Kristin Zambucka (1977). The High Chiefess, Ruth Keelikolani. Kristin Zambucka Books. p. 35. GGKEY:2LWYXGZDYAZ.
^ Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet; Marion Kelly (1978). Hawaií in 1819: A Narrative Account. Department of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 108.
^ Edith Kawelohea McKinzie (1 January 1986). Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. University of Hawaii Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-939154-37-1.
^ Ralph Simpson Kuykendall (1 January 1938). The Hawaiian Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-87022-431-7.