 They were descended from the defunct line of Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua High Chiefs, who in that time were more or less seen as deputy rulers under the Tuʻi Tong Kings.As such, they had a fiercely loyal following among the people of Muʻa if not from the whole Hahake district of Tongatapu Island.His mother, Lady Mele Siuʻilikutapu was the granddaughter of the Tuʻi Vavaʻu