When Tevita Tafangafanga Lasike was born on 17 March 1866, in Hofoa, Tongatapu, Tonga, his father, Pita Tafangafanga Lasike, was 32 and his mother, Akosita Liukipau Tovehi, was 30. He married Meleseini Latu about 1906, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 23 August 1923, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, at the age of 57, and was buried in Lau, Fiji.