Family of Jose Rizal

  The Hero's Family

The Rizal Family

 Jose Rizal Mercado  y Alonzo  Realonda or popularly known as Jose Rizal. He was born on June 19,1861 in Calamba Laguna. His father was Francisco Mercado and  considered the patriarch of the family, was a native of  Binan , Laguna. He was an educated and industrious farmer who studied Latin and philosophy at  the Colegio de San Jose  in  Manila .  His mother was Teodora Alonzo,  a highly educated  Filipina who graduated from the  Colegio   de Santa Rosa . Rizal became more involved to his mother than to his father .  Metro has a brother named as Paciano Rizal. Paciano  was the elder and only brother of Jose Rizal. Being a decade older than Rizal, Paciano became a second father to his siblings.  He also became Rizal's mentor. Rizal also has nine sisters. Saturnina Rizal, the eldest one who became his second mother. Narcisa Rizal, w as the third child of Francisco and Teodora. She was a teacher and a musician by profession . Olimpia Rizal,  as the fourth child of the brood . Lucia Rizal,  was the fifth child of the Rizal family . Maria Rizal, was the sixth child. Conception Rizal, also known as "Concha" was the eighth child.  Jose Rizal  ,  was the ninth child and affectionately called Panggoy. She remained a spinster throughout her life.  Trinidad Rizal  was the tenth child who, like Maria, died without a husband.  And Soledad Rizal was the youngest of them.