Talk:Joseph Apukai Akina

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A fact from Joseph Apukai Akina appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 January 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Chinese-Hawaiian lawyer and politician Joseph Apukai Akina became the first Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Territory of Hawaii?

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Who are his parents? Akina in the Chinese community referred to Tang Hung-sin, of Hilo, who had only a son named John Kai Akina, and the Kohala descendants of Goo Chin. [1] [2] [3] It is possible he is not even related to any of these two Akina..--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:09, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]