In his veins flowed the

blood of both Western and

Eastern:
Negrito
Indonesian
Malay
Chinese
Japanese
Spanish
Predominantly, he was a
MALAYAN.
Rizal’s Grand Parents:

Domingo Lameo
(A Chinese immigrant
from the Fukien City of
Changchow, who arrived
in Manila about 1690.)

Ines dela Rosa

(Chinese christian girl)
They had a son named Francisco
Mercado.

Francisco Mercado who resided

in Biñan, Laguna married a
chinese-filipino mestiza named
Cirila Bernacha and was elected
gobernadorcillo of the town.

They had a son and his name was

Juan Mercado whom was
apparently the grandfather of
Rizal.
Capitan Juan Mercado got
married to Cirila Alejandro. They
had 13 children and the youngest
was Francisco Mercado (Father of
Jose Rizal).

He studied Latin and Philosophy

in College of San Jose Manila.
When he was studying in Manila,
She met and fell in love with
Teodora Alosonso Realonda, a
student in the College of Santa
Rosa.
Doña Teodora’s Family

It is said that there family

descended from Lakan-Dula, the
last native king of Tondo.

Her Great-grandfather was Eugenio

Ursua (Japanese Ancestry) who
married a filipina named Binigna

There daughter Regina married

Manuel De Quintos, a Fil-Chi
Lawyer.
One of the daughters of Atty.
Quintos and Regina, who married
Lorenzo Alberto Alonso. A
prominent Spa-Fil mestizo.

Their children were Narcisa,

Teodora, Gregorio, Manuel and
Jose.
THE SURNAME RIZAL

The real surname of the Rizal

Family was Mercado, which was
adopted in 1731 by Dominggo
Lamco, who was a full blooded
chinese.

Rizal’s family acquired a 2nd

surname which was given by an
Alcalde Mayor of Laguna.
THE RIZAL HOME

The house of the Rizal Family was

one of the distinguished stone
houses in Calamba during the
Spanish times.
 A GOOD AND MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILY
The Rizal family belonged to the
Principilia, a town aristocracy in
Spanish Philippines.

As evidence of their affluence,

Rizal’s parents were able to to
build a large stone house which
was situated near the town church
and to buy another one.
HOME LIFE OF THE RIZALS

In consonance with Filipino

custom, family ties among the
Rizals were intimately close.

The parents of Rizal loved their

children but they never spoiled
them. They believed in the maxim:
“Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
Life was not, however, all prayers
and church services for the Rizal
children. They were given ample
of time and freedom to play. They
played merrily in the Azotea or in
the garden by themselves. The
older ones were allowed to play
with the children of other family.