The Clan of Rizal

The Clan of Rizal
Dr. Jose Protacio Alonzo Mercado Rizal’s Lineage: He Also Belong to the Lakan Dula Clan! -Delmar Bukad Paggao
Kalaykay Topinio Taklibon
Complete Name: Jose Protacio Zhou Cai Cua Lam-co Ursua Morales de Quintos Alonzo Realonda Mercado Rizal
First Name: Baptized as Jose Protacio
Surname: Lam-co changed to Mercado and finally changed to Rizal during the Second Hispanization of surnames
on November 21, 1849 by Governor General Narciso Clavería. The Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos was produced
and approved names were assigned to families in all towns.
Bloodline: Malay (Muslim-Ilocano-Tagalog)-Chinese-Japanese-Spanish
Ancient Ancestors: Rajah Lakan Dula of the Sultanate of Manilah and Tundok (Tondo); Zhou Wu Wang, the political
genius who started the Chou Dynasty
Jose Rizal’s Ancestors
He had Chinese blood from his father’s side and Spanish and Japanese blood from his mother’s side. Recent
genealogical research even traces him to Lacan Dula (one of the chiefs met by the first Spaniards in Manila).
His paternal ancestor was Lam-Co, an immigrant from Fujian (Jinjiang,
Quanzhou, South China. At the age of 35, Lam-co was baptized in 1697. He became Domingo Lam-co.
Lam-co had a distinguished lineage. He belonged to the Cua clan of south China. The Cuas today are prosperous
and distinguished families in Asia. The Cuas are a very ancient line, which can be traced to many generations to the
times when unified China was still non-existent.
They are the descendants of Shu Du, the 5th son of Zhou Wu Wang, the
political genius who started the Chou dynasty. It was 600 years later when his descendants formalized the usage of
the surname Cai.
Domingo Lam-co, Rizal’s great-great-grandfather, was the 19th generation descendant of the Cai Shu Du.
In his baptismal record, his parents were listed as Siong-co and Jun-nio.
He settled in Bi an, Laguna on the Dominican estate called San Isidro
Labrador. Domingo’s son was Francisco I, the first to use Mercado (Spanish for market) as a surname. It described
the livelihood of Domingo’s family since they were traders. *
Later, Francisco II, Francisco I’s grandson, Rizal’s father, changed the
family name in 1859 to Rizal to suit his farming business. Rizal is derived
from the Spanish ricial, which means green fields.
Rizal’s mother Teodora Alonso came from the clan of Lakan Dula, known as the last Malay king of Tondo. She was
also traced to Eugenio Ursua whose ancestors came from Japan. She was the second daughter of Lorenzo Alberto
Alonso who was a former representative of Spanish Cortes and Brigida de Quintos whose parents were Manuel de
Quintos, of a well-known family of Ilocanos in Pangasinan and Regina Ursua who was the daughter of Benigna and
Eugene Ursua.
As already noted, Teodora Alonso had a trace of Japanese ancestry. Moreover, she was of Ilocano-Tagalog-
Chinese-Spanish descent. Combining the paternal and maternal ancestry, therefore Jose Rizal was born with
Malay, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish lineages in his blood. Teodora Alonzo died on August 16, 1911 at the age of
84.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3591829572974&set=o.111695462280580&type=1
&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
Direct Ascendants
 Francisco Engracio Alejandro Mercado - father
 Teodora de Quintos Alonzo - mother
 Juan Monica Mercado - grandfather
 Lorenzo Alberto Florentina Alonzo - grandfather
 Cipriano Alonzo - great grandfather
 Cirila Bernarda Monicha - great grandmother
 Francisco Chinco Mercado - great grandfather
 Manuel Cailianes de Quintos - great grandfather
 Maria Florentina - great grandmother
 Regina Ochoa - great grandmother
 Domingo Lam-co - 2x great grandfather
 Gregorio Alonzo - 2x great grandfather
 Manuel de Quintos I - 2x great grandfather
 Agustin Chinco - 3x great grandfather
 Jacinta Rafaela - 3x great grandmother
 Cua Siong-co - 3x great grandfather
Generation 1
 Concepcion Mercado Rizal - sibling
 Josefa Mercado Rizal - sibling
 Lucia Mercado Rizal - sibling
 Maria Mercado Rizal - sibling
 Narcisa Rizal-Lopez - sibling
 Olympia Rizal-Ubaldo - sibling
 Paciano Mercado Rizal - sibling
 Saturnina Rizal-Hidalgo - sibling
 Soledad Mercado Rizal - sibling
 Trinidad Mercado Rizal - sibling
Generation 2
 Delfina Rizal Herbosa - niece
 Antonio Rizal Lopez - nephew
 Aristeo Rizal Ubaldo - nephew
 Emiliana Decena Rizal - niece
 Leoncio Rizal Lopez - nephew
Generation 3
 Angel Tiaoqui Hidalgo - grandnephew
 Lulu Hidalgo-Tinio - grandniece
 Asuncion Lopez-Bantug - grandniece
 Leonarda Limjap Ubaldo - grandniece
 Olimpia Limjap Ubaldo - grandniece
Related by Marriage
 Pres. Jose Paciano Laurel - brother-in-law's niece's husband

 Pres. Sergio Suico Osmeña - husband of the sister-in-law of nephew
Source: https://www.geni.com/projects/Rizal-Family-of-the-Philippines/3704

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