Family Background of Rizal and Its

Influence on the Development of His

Nationalism

PREPARED BY; GROUP 4

What we'll
Question 1
discuss
To what kind of family did Rizal belong? Tell something about

the family’s social and economic status?

Question 2
How did the people of long ago acquire their family name? Is it

the same practice we have nowadays? Differentiate.

Question 3
What Filipino culture did the Rizal family exemplify. How were

they manisfested?
The Youth is the hope of

our future.
-Jose Rizal
 Question1
To what kind of family did Rizal

belong? Tell something about

the family’s social and economic

status?
 Answer
José Rizal, son of a Filipino father and a Chinese
mother, came from a wealthy family. Despite his
family's wealth, they suffered discrimination
because neither parent was born in the
peninsula. Rizal studied at the Ateneo, a private
high school, and then to the University of St.
Thomas in Manila.

Answer
Upper Status
 Answer
Jose Rizal came from a wealthy family in

Calamba, Laguna, Considered one of the largest

families in those times, the 13-member-family

consisted of his father Francisco Mercado II, his

mother Teodora Alonso Realonda, himself, nine

sisters and one brother

THE MERCADO FAMILY
 Answer
They also had enough money to send Rizal to a

Spanish school where he learned the art of

fencing and horsemanship. He was very fond of

fencing because it gave him an opportunity to

use his good hand-eye coordination, which

became useful later on in his career when he was

forced to write with one hand while leading an

army against the rebels.

 Answer
His parents were also leaseholders of a hacienda

and an accompanying rice farm held by the

Dominicans.

 Question 2
How did the people of long

ago acquire their family

name? Is it the same

practice we have

nowadays? Differentiate.
 Answer
Family names have been around for a long time. In the past,

people had to work hard to earn a living. They didn't have

enough money to buy the things they wanted. So, they

worked hard and earned money. That's how they got their

family names. The people of long ago were called

"plantation" slaves and indentured servants because they

were not free but owned by someone else. They had no

choice in what family name they would be given or what kind

of job the person would do for them

 Family names are still being given out today, but there is a

difference between them now and in the past because now we

can choose our own family name without having to work hard

for it like our ancestors did in the past or have to be

indentured or owned by someone else like plantation slaves

and indentured servants did in the past. We can also change

our last name if we want without having to go through divorce

or any other legal process, which was not possible before

when you could only change your last name if you went

through a legal process such as divorce or the death of your

spouse because then your spouse's last name would

automatically be yours as well, which is not the case anymore.

The process of acquiring a family name was basically

similar to the way we acquire it now. There were no

surnames in existence yet. Instead, people added

their father’s or grandfather’s name (sometimes

shortened to “papa” or “kabayo”). This practice has

continued up until this day and is still used by the

majority of Filipinos today.

 Question 3
What Filipino culture did

the Rizal family

exemplify. How were

they manisfested?
 Answer
First, religiosity. It has been a traditional
practiced of the Filipino-Catholics to obey
the doctrines of Catholicism - angelous
prayers, celebrating fiestas, veneration for the
saints, goings to church every Sunday. Rizal's
family were doing these things.

 Answer
Second, kissing the hands of the elders
particularly parents, grandparents or uncles
and aunties and the like. This is still practiced
by majority of the Filipinos today.

 Answer
Third, Close family ties. This is very imminent
among the Filipinos wherever in the
Philippines as Rizal's family had done before.

 Answer
Fourth, Large number of children. Most
Filipinos want big families than small families
like Rizal families comprising 13 number in the
family. The more the merrier. Pressumably
Rizal's family was against RH Bill. These are
only few to mention as far as exemplification
is concerned.

Thank You for

listening!