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Just to protect his family from spaniards.

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Jose Rizal decided to drop his other surnames like Realonda and Mercado because he wanted to honor his family's ancestral roots in Calamba. He chose the name Rizal, in reference to the independence and freedom of thought embodied by the national hero José Rizal of the Philippines.

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