My Space connects me with my Roots

Eight months ago I received a message on my myspace page from my cousin Dorothy.  I read the post over and over out of both necessity and astonishment.  Over 30 years had passed since we played together as little girls.  Her sisters Doreen and Sharon and I had several play dates growing up in Southern California.  Her father married my fathers sister.  I remember him as a massively loveable man.  I remember dancing on his belly as he lye strong on a woven mat enjoying the children playing around and about and ontop of him.  Above pictured are my Uncle Uperesa Gaoteote, My auntie Fuala'au and my cousin Dorothy.

"Building a Fale" 1948 Faleasao

The tag on the image:  " Tualemoso right, Mata left and ....."  Who could this be?  If my dad was eight,  this Tualemoso could have been his older brother or maybe a cousin.  My curiousity grows.  I have ony a few photos of my father when he was younger.  I"ll have to go digging to see if there truly is a resemblance.  I'm guessing this young man is in his late teens or early twenties.  Where's the lavalava?