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Birth Name: Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Date of Birth: August 1, 1979
Ethnicity: Native Hawaiian, German, Irish, and Native American
Momoa was born to a Hawaiian father and a mother of German, Irish, and Native American descent.
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First of all… it is believed that the Samoans were the first to occupy Hawaii. According to the accounts of King Kalakaua – King Kamehameha was also a descendant of Pili who traveled from Samoa.
Second…. The first queen of Samoa was the daughter of Lavea Ulufanua Sese’e (a Samoan Warrior) and his own niece Tilafaiga the twin sister of Taema. The story states that the two girls swam from Fiji to Samoa without names. Thats why their names come from the rubbish floating past them while they were swimming back to Samoa. The first Samoa Queen was Nafanua (She too was a warrior like her father). The story was funny because no-one knew that their war leader was a woman until her titi lauti (skirt) fell off. She fought, conquer and unite Samoa for the first time.
The story of the malie-toa malo-tau is much much recent for your infomation
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actually hawaiian and samoan are the same race, pacific islander with decent from asia which would classify you as a branch of mongoloid. the adaptation of being larger, than say, a southeast asian is due to isolation on a location with an over adequate amount of sunlight, vegitation, and food.
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He is hot! Conan the Barbarian the best!!!! ibd like to meet him in person, and have a photo with me and him! gosh he is my crush!
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he rly looks like he is mixed, im guessing his height doesnt come from his islander side tho. he is freakishly tall.
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Momoa is a samoan last name…
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Momoa is a samoan last name. I don’t know how he got the last name Momoa??? just wondering…
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Hawaiian n samoan are two different races…when kamehameha arrived in hawaii there wer already people living there, hawaiians..whether kamehameha was samoan or not, does not mean that hawaiians n samoans are the same..Kamehameha became king because he was able to unite the islands…that being said, “aloha to you all!” Im from Samoa n i truly believe that was just a joke didnt really think people believed in it..if you look at polynesian as a whole, they all have similar customs…if you go by studies, samoa n tonga are considered the cradle of polynesia. u r what u r when u r born where u stay…everybody born in hawaii are hawaiians…when u go kanaka maoli, thats different..jus like if you were born in america, ur an american..please dont put down other races, there are native hawaiians among us…im samoan, but i dont deny the fact that the first queen of samoa was half tongan..but jus bcuz she was doesnt mean im half tongan.
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