When Fagamalama Taleni was born in 1936, in Iva, Samoa, her father, Vaeagi Taleni, was 43 and her mother, Laloifi Taleni, was 34. She married Laumati Utua'i on 14 July 1959, in Iva, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 24 September 1991, in Magiagi, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa, at the age of 55.