Ivan Roa Christian is a former politician from Pitcairn. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1976 to 1984. As his surname suggests, he is descended from the original mutineers

Mutiny on the Bounty

The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the...

 who settled the island, led by Fletcher Christian

Fletcher Christian

Fletcher Christian was a master's mate on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants...

. He is related to a number of other island leaders, notably, Charles Richard Parkin Christian

Charles Richard Parkin Christian

Charles Richard Parkin Christian was a long-serving politician from Pitcairn. The was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island for eleven years at various times between 1920 and 1957...

, his uncle, and Thursday October Christian II

Thursday October Christian II

Thursday October Christian, Jr. was a Pitcairn Islands political leader. He was the grandson of Fletcher Christian and son of Thursday October Christian , and mother, Teraura . He was also known as "Doctor", "Duddie" or "Doodie". He spent several years on Norfolk Island but returned to Pitcairn in...

, his great-grandfather. Through his marriage to Verna Young, he is the father of Steve Christian

Steve Christian

Steven Raymond Christian is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.-Mayor:...

 and Brenda Christian

Brenda Christian

Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.-Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands :...

.

Ancestry