Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko nga tupuna o te taha o te papa o Christian, he uri no te hapu o Cumberland o nga deemsters, o nga kaiwhakawa ranei, i te Moutere o Man. Ko tētahi o ōna tīpuna rongonui ko Fletcher Christian, he kaiuru i te tutu i runga i te "Bounty". Ko Fletcher tetahi o nga kaitautoko i te tau 1790, i noho ki te Moutere o Pitcairn ka whakapumautia he hapori motuhake. Ko te papa o Christian, ko Henry Bailey Christian, he toa o te
1846 Xhosas War, he kaiahuwhenua angitu, he kaihokohoko, he tangata rongonui hoki.