When Tetai Erena Topea Maria TEAHE was born on 14 September 1924, in Fakahina, French Polynesia, her father, Tetai Arama TEHAHE, was 28 and her mother, Topi Temarii Puahiohio, was 21. She married Ngan Ly in 1945, in Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 4 July 1972, in Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, at the age of 47.