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Post #624161 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 3:19 PM

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Now now, J.P., no reason be so extremist, tiz tiz! I would guess it was more indifference than hate.

Turns out that IF he is related to Melville, it is not in a direct line, because Herman's direct line "daughtered out" generations before. Still, bearing a name inspired by the very first American Polynesian pop writer should have elicited more of a sensibility to his heritage.