The Original Eight
As the fifth member of the "Original Eight", this person's orange truck was once a prominent staple around the local Livingston community.
Who is Uncle George?
This was the town that both Papa and Mama grew up in on the island of Bohol.
What/where is Garcia-Hernandez?
After visiting for the 1991 reunion, our family came back to this location for our past two reunions in 2016 and 2019.
What/where is Lake Tahoe?
This family member just recently started "Mystic Skin Studio" to help give people skin treatments and educate their community about proper skin care!
Who is Kendra?
In his Netflix special "Comin' In Hot", this famous comedian tells jokes about growing up as a half-white, half-Filipino American in the state of Washington.
Who is Jo Koy?
When this person graduated from UCLA with their Master's Degree in '58, this "Original Eight" member didn't walk at their graduation ceremony!
Who is Uncle Herb?
While Papa was seeking a new life in America, Mama was still living in Bohol working in this profession.
What is education?
OR
What is a schoolteacher?
At our 2001 reunion, this family member was "accidentally" thrown into the lake!!
Who is Nick?
This is the number of family members who are currently engaged on Uncle Jr.'s side of the family!
What is three?
With ten Grammys to his name, this half-Filipino recording artist debuted in 2010 with his first major hit single "Just the Way You Are".
Who is Bruno Mars?
In 1973, this "Original Eight" member was put on President Marcos' blacklist for fighting against marshall law and looking to restore civil liberties in the Philippines.
Who is Auntie Luna?
In 1921, Papa was one of the thousands of Filipinos recruited as field workers to work in Hawaii. For this job, he worked in the pineapple fields and in this other major Hawaiian product.
What is sugarcane?
This was the main background color for our 2011 reunion shirt, where the elder members of the family faced off against their younger nephews during the infamous tug of war battle and "cheated" in order to win!
What is brown?
After recently finishing her job as a classroom aide, this family member just recently began a new position as a substitute teacher!
Who is Natalie?
Becoming the first Asian woman to win a Tony award, this Filipina singer and actress is the official singing voice for two Disney princesses.
Who is Lea Salonga?
Born in 1936, this "Original Eight" member's favorite artist to listen to while cleaning the house was Barbara Streisand.
In 1929, Mama and her brother Silverio disembarked at the Port of Seattle after a three-week voyage across the Pacific Ocean. However, in order to afford train fare to California, they first had to pick strawberries in this rural Washington community.
What/where is Bellevue?
Named after a popular song from Broadway, this was the "theme" for our 2006 reunion, where we adopted the very bright color of highlighter green for our shirts.
What is "Seasons of Love"?
These two brothers of the family just recently bought houses on separate parts of the East coast: one in Jacksonville, FL, and one in Washington D.C.
Who are Brian and Justin?
Of Filipino descent from his mother's side, this man became the first Asian-American NBA head coach after his successor Pat Riley had stepped down from the position.
Who is Erik Spoelstra?
As one of the founding members of FANHS, this "Original Eight" member is currently the only surviving signee of the organization's Articles of Incorporation.
Who is Uncle Pete?
After marrying in Sonora in 1929, Papa and Mama spent their honeymoon in this "picturesque gold mining town", named after two legendary authors who used to live there.
What/where is Twain Harte?
In 2001, this was the number of ladies who dressed up as grapes and showed off their musical skills at the family reunion as the girl group "Grapes of Rap"!
What is seven? (Kathy, Cindy, Cheryl, Jeanne, Jennifer, Jackie and Julie)
This family member was just recently selected to take part in a documentary for CMAC Youth Voices, a filmmaking intensive offered to young students within the Central Valley.
Who is Jackie?
As the grandson of Filipino immigrants, this professional athlete's wrestling career was so explosive, he even had a "bomb" named after him!
Who is Dave Bautista?