Lam-co and Francisco Mercado change their family name because of the decree issued by Governor general of the Phil. Narciso Claveria, by which native Filipino and immigrant families were to adopt Spanish surnames from a list of Spanish family names.
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Jose Rizal and his family got the surname 'Rizal' from his Chinese ancestor Domingo Lameo. Rizal means "Ricial or grains", and they started using it 1731. His true surname is Mercado, but to keep his family safe he used the surname Rizal.
Marcia Ramirez Mercado is the Minister of Family for Nicaragua.
The Rizal family's paternal ascendant was Domingo Lam-co, a full-bloodied Chinese from Amoy, China. In the Philippines he married Ines de la Rosa who was half-Chinese. Aside from Chinese, the Mercado-Rizal family had traces of Japanese, Spanish, Malay and Negrito blood.
Jose Rizal's full name was Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda. He was given the name Protacio after Saint Protacio. It was a common practice during Rizal's time to include a saint's name in one's full name, signifying religious devotion and reverence.
Jose Rizal was a Filipino, born of Filipino parents. However, the Rizal family's paternal ascendant, Domingo Lam-co, was a full-bloodied Chinese who married a Chinese mestiza. The Mercado-Rizal family also had traces of Japanese, Spanish, Malay and Negrito blood aside from Chinese.
Narcisa Rizal is the sister of Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal. She was active in the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule and supported her brother's patriotic endeavors. Narcisa also helped in caring for Jose Rizal during his exile in Dapitan.
it is because the family name Mercado is being suspected to be against the spanish ruling due to the connection of Rizal's brother Paciano to the Martyr Priests GOMBURZA who are advocates of justice against spaniards. -RMendoza :)
Sundays or it could be a family name - The Domingo family (the Domingos)
The name "Protacio" came from the maternal side of José Rizal's family. It was passed down from his mother's family, the Mercado family, as his mother's full name was Teodora Morales Alonso Realonda y Quintos. "Protacio" was a traditional family name within the Mercado clan.
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.
Jose Rizal's family chose the name Rizal as a second family name to honor a change requested by the Spanish colonial government. This was part of a decree in the 19th century requiring all Filipino families to adopt Spanish surnames for identification and taxation purposes.