Adoption

What I found interesting in the reading was the way Hawaiians adopt children.  Though born to Kapaakea and Keohokalole, Liliuokalani was raised by Paki and Konia. Most of her other siblings by birth were likewise adopted by other Hawaiian families. Though related by that factor, they treated each other as though that weren't the case, as though it were no factor. According to Liliuokalani the custom was to adopt each others children to foster friendship among the chiefs and developed amicable feelings in the community as a whole and to treat each other in this manner. This is different for me to say the least. My general concept of adoption up until this point is that it's for people who can't have kids of their own or  give away their babies for personal reasons. The more I live the more the world challenges my views.