Dr. Jose Rizal came from a large, educated middle-class Filipino family from Calamba, Laguna. His father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, and mother, Teodora Alonso Realonda, emphasized education and Catholic faith. Rizal had 11 siblings and was the seventh child. He went on to become a polymath who was a key figure in the Philippine revolution against Spanish colonial rule. He was executed by the Spanish in 1896, further solidifying his status as the Philippine's national hero.

1. Dr. Jose Rizal’s Family
By: Aragon, Beboso, Calamba, Gebora, Jakosalem
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2. Dr. Jose Rizal
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
• Birthdate: June 19, 1861
• Birth Place: Calamba, Laguna
• Baptismal date: June 22, 1861
• Death Anniversary: December 30, 1869

3. Who is Dr. Jose Rizal?
• Philippine National Hero
• A linguist, he knows about 22 languages, Traveler
• A talented, brilliant and genius man of honor
• An Ophthalmologist
• A poet, a novelist, philosopher and a historian

4. & more?! Yes!
• He is also a Farmer-Business man
• Sculptor :
• “The Triumph of Science over Death”
• Cartographer
• Bibliophile
• Sportsman: Fencing, Archery & Chess

5. The Family Tree

6. Who is Domingo Lam-co?
• Rizal Family’s Paternal Ascendant
• A full-blood Chinese from Amoy, China
• Came to the Philippines and married a Half-Chinese lady
named Ines de la Rosa in late 16th century
• He took the last name Mercado in early 17th century

8. Francisco Mercado
Rizal
• Jose’s Father
• “A model of Fathers”
• Studied Latin and Philosophy at
the College of San Jose

9. Teodora Alonso
Realonda
• Jose’s Mother
• “A loving and prudent mother”
• Studied at the College of Santa
Rosa

10. The Rizal Siblings
• SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)
Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo
of Tanauan, Batangas.
• PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)
Only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose College
in Manila; became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine Revolution.
• NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)
The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and
musician.

11. The Rizal Siblings
• OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)
The fourth child. Married Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.
• LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)
The fifth child. Married Matriano Herbosa.
• MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)
The sixth child. Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
• JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)
The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards on
December 30,1896.

12. The Rizal Siblings
• CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)
The eight child. Died at the age of three.
• JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)
The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.
• TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)
The tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.
• SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)
The youngest child married Pantaleon Quintero.

13. The Rizal Family: A Good Middle Class
Family
• They belonged to the Principalia
• Had a large 2-storey Stone House, a Carjuahe and a
vast private library home of 1,000 and more books
• Can afford to send their children to Manila for
college

14. The Rizal Family: A Good Middle Class
Family
• They had a simple, happy and contented life
• They believe in a maxim:
“Spare the rod and spoil the child”
• Every day, the family prays angelus and rosary

15. Thank you for
listening!!!