DR.

JOSE RIZAL  ANCESTRY

• Patriot  MIXED RACIAL ORIGIN
• Physician • PARENTAL SIDE
• Man of Letters who was an inspiration to the o Domino Lam-Co (a full-blooded
Philippine nationalist movement (La Chinese from Amoy, China) -- Ines
Solidaridad---Katipunan) de la Rosa (Chinese half breed)
• National Hero and pride of the Malayan race o Francisco Mercado --Bernarda
FAMILY Background (GENEALOGY) Monicha (21 children)
o Juan Mercado -- Cirila
Alejandra (14 children)
Genealogic Graph of: o Francisco Mercado Rizal
• Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro
• Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos
• Siblings of Jose Rizal • MATERNAL SIDE
o Regina Ursua/Ochoa -- Manuel
de Quintos (2 children)
o Brigida de Quintos -- Lorenzo
Alberto Alonzo (7 children)
o Teodora Alonzo

 MULTIRACIAL ANCESTRY
o Spanish
o Chinese
o Japanese
o Malayo-Polynesian
o Negrito

 IMMEDIATE FAMILY
 Father
o Studied Latin & Philosophy at the College
of San Jose (Mla)
o described by Rizal as “model of fathers”
o he inherited . . . Profound sense of
dignityself-respect, seriousness and
selfpossession
o a successful farmer
o he loved books-an excellent model for
Rizal that molded him up into a man of
honor
o understood the world of humanity which
furnished him with greater respect for
other people, and a greater respect to
the dignity of labor

 Mother
o born in Meisik, Sta. Cruz Mla.
o talented and remarkable woman
o he inherited . . . temperament of the
poet and dreamer and bravery for
sacrifice
 o his first teacher-inculcated the value of  17 December 1870 – Rizal returned to
knowledge and education to the young Calamba after he finished studies in Biñan
Rizal
o a good Mathematician and Manager of
business of the Rizal family BACK IN CALAMBA
“My mother is not a woman of ordinary  1871 – His mother was imprisoned in Sta.
culture. She knows literature and speaks Cruz, Laguna for allegedly poisoning the wife
Spanish better than I do. She even corrected
of Jose Alberto
my poems and gave me wise
advice when I was studying rhetoric. She is  1872 – Cavite Mutiny on January 20, 1872;
a mathematician and has read many books.” his father forbid the words:
• Burgos
• filibustero
• Cavite
 EARLY INFLUENCES
 His mother-encouraged him to express
his ideas and sentiments in verse
 “The Story of the Moth” about the FORMAL EDUCATION
mother moth warning its offspring of the
danger of fluttering to close to flame. • In Biñan
The little moth did not heed the advice, - He was 9 years old
thus it was burned by the flame gave - Justiniano Aquino Cruz
him the moral lesson that if one must He studied Latin and Spanish
succeed, he must take risks and prepare
- Andres Salandanan (a local painter)
for the worst consequences. Without
He developed his initial lessons in
courage, there will be no glory
painting
• In UST
- Got low grades
 BIRTH AND EARLY CHILDHOO - Studied Philosophy and Letters
IN CALAMBA, LAGUNA: - Studied Medicine (Ophthalmology) –
 19 June 1861 – birth did not complete
 22 June 1861 – baptized • In Ateneo
 1864 – learned the alphabet from his
- Got excellent grades
mother
 1865 – his sister Conception (8th) died at the - Studied Bachelor of Arts in 1877
age of 3 - Graduated as one of sobresaliente
 1865-1867 – his mother taught him how to - First professor was Fr. Jose Bech
read and write
- Leon Monroy – taught Rizal the
rudiments of Latin José Protasio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda
- Uncle Manuel Alberto – taught the Born: June 19, 1861, Calamba
latter love for the nature Died: Dec. 30, 1896, Manila
- Uncle Gregorio – instilled love for
education
- Usman – Rizal’s dog
 1869 – “Sa Aking Mga Kabata”

IN BIÑAN, LAGUNA:
 1870 – his brother Paciano brought Rizal to
Biñan, Laguna
- Justiniano Aquino Cruz – taught Rizal
Latin and Spanish
- Juancho Carrera – taught him the art
of painting