THERE ARE 18+ OF US AND IT ALL STARTED WITH MY GRANDPARENTS AND SINCE THAN WE WERE KNOWN AS THE MAHE FAMILY. MY GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN AND RAISE IN TONGA AN ISLAND NOT FAR FROM HAWAII. THEY HAD 3 KIDS IN TONGA, IMMAGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AND HAD 4 MORE KIDS IN CALIFORNIA. 1ST CHILD HAS 4 KIDS, 2ND CHILD HAS 5 KIDS, 3RD HAS 2, 4TH HAS 1 KID, 5TH IS BEING HERSELF, 6TH HAS 4 KIDS AND 7TH IS FOCUSED MORE ON WORK THAN ANYTHING. SO, ALL OF US GRANDKIDS GREW UP IN 1 HOUSE AND WE ALL SAW OURSELVES AS BROTHERS ND SISTERS UNTIL WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT WE WON'T ALWAYS BE TOGETHER. WE WERE RASIED WITH THE LOVE BUT TO US IT WAS CALLED TOUGH LOVE.