Kalanikaumakaowākea was the son of the Aliʻi Kauhiakama and his wife, Queen Kapukini III (daughter of Chief Makakaualiʻi);[1] however, some accounts have him the piʻo (the sacred child of the siblings) son of Kauhiakama and his sister Piʻilanikapo.[2] He was a member of the Paumakua dynasty.[3]
Kalanikaumakaowākea married a woman named Kekaikuihala (Kaneakaula),[4] whose parents were Chief Kuhinahinau of Kawaihae and his wife Keakahiwaʻakama.[4]
These are the children of Kalanikaumakaowākea and Kekaikuihala:
Kalanikaumakaowākea also had a second wife named Makakuwahine (wahine = "woman"), who was the daughter of Kanelaʻaukahi and Kamaka, of the Keaunui-a-Maweke-Laakona family. With Makaku, Kalanikaumakaowākea had a son named ʻUmi-a-Liloa II. Another son named Kauloaiwi has an unknown mother.[1]