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List of political families in Fiji

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The following is a list of political families in Fiji.

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NOTE: Most of Fiji's political families listed below are, in fact, related by ancestry or by marriage. The Nailatikau family is a subset of the Cakobau family; both are connected by marriage - as well as by ancestral ties - with the Mara and Ganilau families. Tracing family relationships in Fiji is complicated by the fact that many prominent Fijians do not use family names).

The Bavadra Family (husband-wife)

Descendants of Seru Epenisa Cakobau Cakobau was the Fijian monarch who unified the nation in 1871, and ceded it to Britain in 1874. Many twentieth-century politicians are direct descendants of his.

The Ganilau Family

The Khaiyum Family (son - father - father-in-law)

The Patel Family 1 (brothers)

The Patel Family 2 (brothers)

The Speight Family (father-sons)

The Singh Family 1 (brothers-son)

The Singh Family 2 (half-brothers - nephew)

The Lakshman Family (father - son - grandson)

The Maharaj Family (father - son)

The Madhavan Family (father - son)

See also

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