When Fati Tagomoa was born on 5 December 1896, in Siu`faga, Samoa, her father, Afatia Lealaitagomoa Fa'asuamalie, was 23 and her mother, Simalae Fuamatu, was 22. She married Thomas Wilkinson Brighouse on 4 December 1920. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 7 February 1974, at the age of 77, and was buried in Magiagi, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa.