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• Jose Prusacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda was born on June 19, 1861, near midnight at Calamba, Laguna
• He was the child in a family of 11 children - two boys and nine girls
• Jose Rizal's father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, was the youngest of 13 offspring of Juan and Crila Mercado
• Francisco Mercado Rizal was born in Balan, Laguna on May 11, 1811, and was an educated man who studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila
• Jose Rizal's mother, Teodora Alonzo Realonda, was the second child of Lorenzo Alonzo and Brigida de Quintos
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda was born in Santa Cruz, Manila on November 8, 1826, and died in Manila on August 16, 1911
• The Mercado-Rizal family was blessed with 11 children, including Jose Rizal, who was the greatest Filipino hero and fearless genius
• Jose Rizal was of mixed racial origin, with Chinese, Japanese, Malay, and Spanish ancestry
• Rizal's paternal great-great-grandfather was Domingo Lamco, a Chinese merchant, who married Inez dela Rosa
• Rizal's maternal ancestor was Lakandula, a past Malayan king of Tondo
• Jose Rizal's maternal great-great-grandfather was Eugenio Ursua, who was of Japanese blood and ancestry
• Jose Protacio Mercado y Alonso Realonda Rizal is his full name.
• Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, near midnight at Calamba, Laguna
• He was the child in a family of 11 children - two boys and nine girls
• Jose Rizal's mother, Teodora Alonzo Realonda, was a business-minded and well-read woman who studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa
• The Mercado-Rizal family was blessed with 11 children, including Jose Rizal, who was the greatest Filipino hero and fearless genius
• Jose Rizal was of mixed racial origin, with Chinese, Japanese, Malay, and Spanish ancestry
• Rizal's paternal great-great-grandfather was Domingo Lamco, a Chinese merchant, who married Inez dela Rosa
• Rizal's maternal ancestor was Lakandula, a past Malayan king of Tondo
• Jose Rizal's father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, was an educated man who studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda's family adopted the surname "Rizal" to comply with the Claveria Decree, which mandated that all Filipinos use Spanish surnames
• His parents were Francisco Xavier Mercado and Teodora Alonzo Realonda.
• Francisco Mercado was born on January 20, 1837, in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines.
• He had nine siblings named Lucia, Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Soledad, Concepcion, Trinidad, Maria, and Olimpia.