When Teuila Paala Tagomailelagi was born on 19 July 1928, in Hisiu, Central, Papua New Guinea, her father, Minute Aula'i, was 49 and her mother, Vagatusala Mulitalo, was 30. She had at least 1 daughter with Sione Tevita Kupu. She died on 11 September 1988, in Pago Pago, Maoputasi, Eastern, American Samoa, at the age of 60.