Your wife is my sister, a member of a great and powerful family.

She was born into the most powerful family in the island of Hawaii at the time.

And this powerful, loving family, for the good of the children, must be kept together.

Throughout the whole story the author shows what a powerful family is and the troubles they went through.

Thus, he was met with opposition by some powerful families.

The army needed men from powerful families; they had precious few.

It was at this time that his wife and children left him for the protection of her powerful family.

There was still something to be said for being part of the most powerful family in the county.

Two hundred years ago we were one of the half dozen most powerful families in the country.

After his death, the once powerful family was reduced to poverty.