Dr. Jose Protacio Alonzo
Mercado Rizal’s Lineage: He Also Belong to the Lakan Dula Clan! - by 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, thepolitical 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 Binan, 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.
Rizal's surname
Domingo Lam-Co, the
great-great-grandfather of Jose Rizal, decided to use Mercado as his surname in
1731 to match his profession, being a merchant. He used this surname from 1731
to November 11, 1849 as soon as Governor-General Narciso Claveria posed a
regulation that requires them to make use of Spanish family names. Meanwhile,
for Don Francisco Mercado, Rizal’s father, Rizal was used, which means new
pasture or greenfield.
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. Rizal's surname Domingo
Lam-Co, the great-great-grandfather of Jose Rizal, decided to use Mercado as
his surname in 1731 to match his profession, being a merchant. He used this
surname from 1731 to November 11, 1849 as soon as Governor-General Narciso
Claveria posed a regulation that requires them to make use of Spanish family
names. Meanwhile, for Don Francisco Mercado, Rizal’s father, Rizal was used,
which means new pasture or greenfield.
Research: Delmar Topinio taclibon, December 30, 2012 Source: Philippine
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Books, 1997. Bantug, Asuncion Lopez. "Lolo José", 2nd edition. Quezon
City: Vibal Foundation, 2008. Craig, Austin. Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose
Rizal. Manila: Philippine Education Co., 1913. Laubach, Frank C. Rizal: Man and
Martyr. Manila: University of the Philippines Press, 1936. National Historical
Institute. "Letters between Rizal and Family Members (1876-1896)."
Manila: NHI, 1993. Ocampo, Esteban A. de. "The Rizal Family." Manila:
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