Birth Name: Hoku Christian Ho
Place of Birth: Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Date of Birth: June 10, 1981
Ethnicity:
* Chinese, German, Native Hawaiian, Portuguese (father)
* English, remote Dutch, remote French, remote Scottish (mother)
Family Info:
Hoku is an American singer. She is the daughter of Don Ho and Patricia (Swallie) Choy. She is married to Jeremy Clements.
Hoku’s paternal grandparents were James Ah You Puao Ho (the son of George Lim Ho and Annie Keonaona Kaihe) and Emily “Honey” Leimaile Silva (the daughter of Manuel Silva, Sr. and Emily Kanaloa Stupplebeen). Manuel’s parents were Portuguese immigrants.
Hoku’s maternal grandparents were Lester Raymond Swallie (the son of John Gilbert Swallie and Lousinah Wells) and Willetta Wilson (the daughter of William Wellington Wilson and Ida Beryl Nelson).
Her patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her 12th great-grandfather Ho Yuan from Lung-tsun Village, Changle, Fujian, China.
Sources:
* Don’s 1940 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9L-Z4F
* Obituary of Hoku’s paternal grandmother Emily Ho: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Jan/16/ln/ln10a.html
* Obituary of Hoku’s maternal grandmother Willetta Swallie: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=willetta-swallie&pid=139665858