As a child, I was raised by native Hawaiian elders - three old women who took care of me while my parents worked.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.
I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.
My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood.
I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
At thirteen, I accompanied my mother to the Hawaiian Islands. There, for the first time, I saw the wonder of a steamship and the vastness of the ocean. From that time on, I was eager to acquire the knowledge of the West and to fathom the mysteries of nature.
I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid.
I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs.
My family is Native American, and I was raised with Native American ceremonies.
I was raised mostly by my mom.