 He had one younger brother and four sisters.Uluvalu married late, 28 November 1998, with Kaimana Aleamotua (12 March 1960 — 5 July 2006); the couple had no children.He became a parliamentarian, the Haapai representative of the nobles, but often backing the representatives of the people and the pro-democracy movement, many of whom felt he should succeed the ailing king.