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)
Hoku is an American singer. She is the daughter of musician Don Ho and Patricia (Swallie) Choy. She is married to Jeremy Clements.
Hoku’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her 12th great-grandfather, Ho Yuan, from Lung-tsun Village, Changle, Fujian, China.
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).
Sources: Hoku’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Hoku’s paternal grandmother, Emily Leimaile (Silva) Ho – http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com
Obituary of Hoku’s maternal grandmother, Willetta (Wilson) Swallie – http://www.legacy.com