“I guess the author will go with Bora Boran-Hawaiian ???”
Kānaka Maoli, I have also read about a Tongan origin. Dana called them Kānaka’s in “Two Years Before The Mast.” There are very few “blue-blooded” Kānaka Maoli’s left. The term Native Hawaiian is Haole-speak.
I should go visit a related Genome Project site and catch up on some of the updates of migratory dispersion patterns of the races.
Actually the choices of ethnicities our government gives us is
Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander etc