Samahan sina Kuya Kim, Iya Villania, at Camille Prats sa pagbuo ng family tree ng ating National Hero na si Jose Rizal!
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00:00Have you ever wondered where Dr. Jose Rizal came from?
00:03Or maybe you have a classmate whose last name is Rizal.
00:06And sometimes you wonder if he's related to our national hero.
00:11You know what, Pars?
00:12That's also the question of our daughter, Mars, who messaged our homework hotline.
00:18According to Mars Rea Ventura, this is her daughter's question.
00:23Let's see.
00:23Mars and Pars, my daughter has a lot of questions about Dr. Jose Rizal.
00:29For her project, who are her grandparents?
00:33Does she have children?
00:36Are her relatives still alive?
00:39Maybe you can help me. Thank you.
00:42That's a good question.
00:44There are a lot of urban legends about our national heroes.
00:47So it's about time we answer that correctly.
00:48Okay, perfect.
00:50To answer that, we invited a content creator who is a self-confessed history geek on TikTok.
00:57She's trending as Mighty Magulang, and she's also the national president of the Autism Society Philippines.
01:04Please welcome Marsmona Magno-Veluz.
01:09Marsmona, darling!
01:10Good morning!
01:12Hi, Ms. Mona.
01:13Good morning to everyone.
01:15Hello.
01:16Good morning, Ms. Mona.
01:18Marsmona, we have questions from our homework hotline about Dr. Jose Rizal's lineage.
01:24Can you help us trace the ancestors of Dr. Jose Rizal?
01:30This is a long question.
01:32Can you do this, Ms. Mona?
01:33Yes.
01:34Okay, Ms. Mona.
01:36Where do we start?
01:38Let's start from the top, her parents.
01:41Okay.
01:41Her father is Francisco Mercado Rizal.
01:46Her mother is Teodora Rialonda Alonso.
01:51In 1849, the law said that if they repeat their names, something is inside the catalog.
02:01That's why Mercado became Rizal, and Rialonda became Alonso.
02:06What is this catalog?
02:08In 1849, Governor General Claveria issued a catalog that said,
02:15Okay, Filipinos, choose your last name here.
02:19It's right to change your last name because that's what they did.
02:25Okay.
02:25So you can choose your surname, your family name.
02:28Okay.
02:29Let's go back to Rizal, ma'am.
02:30Sorry, I'm moving away.
02:31We're here with Jose Rizal.
02:33First, let's go to Francisco, his father.
02:37His mother is Juan Mercado.
02:42Juan?
02:42Juan Mercado.
02:44Juan Mercado.
02:46He's Francisco's father.
02:48Father.
02:49Francisco's father is also Francisco.
02:53So let's put Francisco here.
02:58Okay.
02:59Here's Teodora.
03:01Okay.
03:02Okay.
03:03So here's Juan.
03:07And then, who's Juan's father?
03:10It's Francisco again.
03:12Teodora's father is Lorenzo.
03:16Lorenzo.
03:18Lorenzo Rialonda.
03:20And then, Lorenzo's father is?
03:24Cipriano.
03:26Cipriano.
03:28Okay, ma'am Mona.
03:30I'm here with Teodora's grandfather.
03:32Just a little context.
03:34My ancestors are from Laguna.
03:38Oh, they're from Laguna.
03:40Yes.
03:41My ancestors are from China.
03:45His name is Domingo.
03:47He's an immigrant from China.
03:49From China, okay.
03:51His naturalized name is Domingo Lamco.
03:55Lamco.
03:57Jose Rizal has a link with China.
04:01So Jose Rizal is Chinese.
04:03Yes.
04:05Teodora's ancestors are from Manila.
04:09That's where they were born.
04:11That's where they grew up.
04:13But their ancestors are from Pangasinan.
04:19And their ancestors in Pangasinan are from China and Japan.
04:27Jose Rizal also has Japanese blood.
04:29He does.
04:31Okay.
04:33That's why he's polyglot.
04:35That's why he knows so many languages.
04:38That's why he knows so many languages.
04:40His family is a tenant farmer.
04:44So they farm their land.
04:48Okay, farming.
04:50Yes.
04:52That's why they chose the name Rizal.
04:56Rizal actually means verdant green.
05:00Because that's the color of the rice before it's harvested.
05:06A lot of people are asking if Jose Rizal has a son or not.
05:10Jose Rizal only has one son.
05:12He has a son.
05:14His son is Josephine Bracken.
05:16But he died.
05:18He died as an infant.
05:20So he doesn't have a direct descendant.
05:24Actually, he has a lot of siblings.
05:26He has 10 siblings.
05:28So he has 11 siblings.
05:30The man, Pachano, never used the name Rizal.
05:35Mercado.
05:37From that line, the surname Rizal is no longer there.
05:41So if you hear the surname Rizal,
05:45it's probably not connected to this family.
05:48Ma'am Mona, thank you so much for enlightening us
05:52about where Jose Rizal came from.
05:56And this is just a part of it, Mars.
05:58I'm sure you can go further and more in-depth.
06:00We have a lot of takeaways here.
06:02Thank you so much, Mars Mona.
06:04If you want to plug your page,
06:06do you have anyone you want to promote?
06:08You can find Mighty Magulang
06:10on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook,
06:12Instagram, and Twitter.
06:14You can contact me there.
06:16Mighty Magulang.
06:18Thank you, Ma'am Mona.