The surname Rizal was acquired by the family of the people of long ago from their Chinese ancestor. The family dropped their three surnames to have Rizal as their main family name. This gave them more of a legitimate family name.
Names are passed down through the generations. Sometimes they are given by the ruler or by something the family did at one time.
Jose Protacio Mercado y Alonzo Realonda Rizal.. yan po ang whole name ni Jose rizal..
Jose Rizal was the seventh of eleven children in his family.
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Rizal's Family belonged in a affluent family. Jose Rizal's blood is a mixture of negrito, indonesian, chinese, japanese, and SPANISH genes.
Jose Rizal and his family got the surname 'Rizal' from his Chinese ancestor Domingo Lameo. Rizal means "Ricial or grains", and they started using it 1731. His true surname is Mercado, but to keep his family safe he used the surname Rizal.
the godfather of jose rizal and close family riend of the rizal family which is a native batangueno
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Also called ‘Concha’ by her siblings, Concepcion Rizal was the eighth child of the Rizal family. She was born in 1862 and died at age 3.
Rizal is referring the last two lines of his farewell to his country, the Philippines. He expresses his love and devotion for his homeland.
Jose Rizal had 10 siblings, comprising of 9 boys and 1 girl in his family.
Jose Rizal was named after Saint Joseph, the patron saint of travelers and workers. "Rizal" was added by his father, Francisco Mercado, as it was a family name. Rizal later adopted "Rizal" as his pen name in his writings to honor his family heritage.