GROUP 3 SCRIPT

THE ANCESTRY, BIRTH,

AND CHILDHOOD OF
RIZAL

Members: Warrid Lumpongan

Caren Maye Layan
Arabella Kasaw
Alje Mae Lumayas
Sahod Bangen
Claudine Infante
Jelly Calvo
Lady Jane Saya
Omar Cadel
Lolo (WARRID): Hey kids, do you want to hear some stories?

Kid1 (JELLY): Yes lolo. We want to hear some stories from you.
Kid2 (CLAUDINE): What kind stories lolo?
Lolo (WARRID): The story is all about the ancestry, birth, and childhood of rizal.
Kid3 (CAREN): Mmmm. Lolo who is rizal?
Lolo (WARRID): Before I answer that question you need to sit and listen to my story. Are you
guys ready?
All kids: Yes Lolo!.
Lolo (WARRID): Once upon a time, as typical Filipino, Rizal was a product of the mixture of
races. In his veins flowed the blood of both East and West. Predominantly, he was a Malayan
and was a magnificent specimen of Asian manhood. Rizal's great-great grandfather on his
father side was Domingo Lamco, a Chinese immigrant from the Fukien city of Changchow,
who arrived in Manila in about 1690. He became a Christian, married a well-to-do Chinese
Christian Girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa, and assumed in 1731 the surname Mercado,
which was appropriate for him because he was a merchant. From Parian, the family migrated
to Biñan and became tenants in the Dominican estate. Lamco’s on son, Francisco, who was to
be Rizal’s great grandfather was taken, witty and liberal young man. He became quite well-to-
do and popular enough to be appointed municipal captain of Biñan in 1783. The family
adopted the surname “Mercado” to free the younger generation from the prejudices that
followed those with a Chinese name. At the age of eight, Francisco Mercado lost his father and
grew up to manhood under the care of his mother. He studied Latin and Philosophy in the
College of San Jose in Manila. While studying in Manila, He met and fell in love with Teodora
Alonso Realonda, a Student in the College of Santa Rosa. They were married on June 28,
1848. After which they settle down in Calamba, where they engaged in farming and business
and reared a big family. Francisco Mercado’s wife, BernandaMonicha, was a Chinese mestiza.
They were blessed with two children: Juan and Clemente. Juan married Cirila Alejandra, also a
Chinese mestiza. The couple had fourteen children, including Francisco who was to be Rizal’s
father. Francisco and two of his sisters moved to Dominican estate in Calamba and became
pioneer farmers.It is said that Doña Teodora's family descended from Lakandula, the last
native king Tondo. Her great-grandfather, Rizal's maternal great-great-grandfather, Eugenio
Ursua (of Japanese ancestry), who married a Filipina named Benigna (surname unknown).
Their daughter, Regina, married Manuel de Quintos, Filipino-Chinese lawyer from Pangasinan.
One of the daughters of Atty. Quintos and Regina was Brigida, who married Lorenzo Alberto
Alonso, a prominent Spanish-Filipino mestizo of Biñan. Their children were Narcisa, Teodora
(Rizal's mother), Gregorio, Manuel, and Jose. Materially, socially, and professionally, the family
of Teodora Alonso was better off than the family of her husband. In those days when
professionals were few, the Alonso clan could boast of a number of lawyers, priests, engineers
and government officials. Teodora, Rizal’s mother whose parents were Lorenzo Alberto Alonso
and Brigida Ochoa belonged to professionally famous family form Baliuag, Bulacan.
Kid4 (ARABELLA): Lola, how about the birth of rizal?
Lola (ALJE): Nice question kid.
Lola (ALJE): On the day of June 19, 1861, in a small town in the province of Laguna, Jose
Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda was born, alegitimate son, according to the birth
certificate of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. It was a difficult delivery that
endangered his mother’s life. This then is our hero – born beneath the skies of the country he
poetically called “Pearl of the Orient”.
Kid5 (SAHOD): Realy?! The real name of rizal is Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo
Realonda?
Lola (ALJE): Yes, that’s right kids. Now let’s continue. He was the seventh of eleven children,
the younger of two boys. Don Francisco and his wife was a prolific pair: they had Saturnina in
1850, Paciano in 1851, Narcisa in 1852, Olimpia in 1855, Lucia in 1857, Maria in 1859, Jose in
1861, Conception in 1862, Josefa in 1865, Trinidad in 1868, and Soledad in 1870. Paciano
was thus a full ten years older than Jose, and more of a second father than an elder brother,
especially when Don Francisco to all effects and purposes left the management of the family
lands in his hands.
Both his parents were educated and belonged to distinguished families.Three days
after his birth; Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church of Calamba on June 22, 1861 by Fr.
RufinoCollantes, a Filipino priest from Batangas. His godfather was Pedro Casanas, a native
of Calamba and friend of Rizal’s family.
Kid6 (OMAR): Calamba? What is Calamba lola?
Lola (ALJE): Calamba is a small town nestling at the foot of Mt. Makiling as it slopes down to
Laguna de Bay. Its scenic environment gave the young Rizal the right impetus for his poetic
and artistic creativity. Its share of unhappiness also shaped noble and heroic spirit. The
surroundings of his home opened to him the many wonders of nature.
His father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, an industrious farmer whom Rizal called "a model
of fathers," came from Biñan, Laguna; while his mother, Teodora Alonzo y Quintos, a highly
cultured and accomplished woman whom Rizal called "loving and prudent mother," was born
in Meisic, Sta. Cruz, Manila. At the age of 3, he learned the alphabet from his mother; at 5,
while learning to read and write, he already showed inclinations to be an artist. He astounded
his family and relatives by his pencil drawings and sketches and by his moldings of clay. At the
age 8, he wrote a Tagalog poem, "Sa AkingMgaKabata," the theme of which revolves on the
love of one’s language.
In 1877, at the age of 16, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with an average of
"excellent" from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. In the same year, he enrolled in Philosophy
and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas, while at the same time took courses leading to
the degree of surveyor and expert assessor at the Ateneo.
He finished the latter course on March 21, 1877 and passed the Surveyor’s examination
on May 21, 1878; but because of his age, 17, he was not granted license to practice the
profession until December 30, 1881. In 1878, he enrolled in medicine at the University of Santo
Tomas but had to stop in his studies when he felt that the Filipino students were being
discriminated upon by their Dominican tutors. On May 3, 1882, he sailed for Spain where he
continued his studies at the Universidad Central de Madrid. On June 21, 1884, at the age of
23, he was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine and on June 19, 1885, at the age of
24, he finished his course in Philosophy and Letters with a grade of "excellent."
Having traveled extensively in Europe, America and Asia, he mastered 22 languages.
These include Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian,
Japanese, Latin, Malayan, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, and other native
dialects. A versatile genius, he was an architect, artists, businessman, cartoonist, educator,
economist, ethnologist, scientific farmer, historian, inventor, journalist, linguist, musician,
mythologist, nationalist, naturalist, novelist, opthalmic surgeon, poet, propagandist,
psychologist, scientist, sculptor, sociologist, and theologian.
All kids: WOW
 He was an expert swordsman and a good shot. In the hope of securing political and
social reforms for his country and at the same time educate his countrymen, Rizal, the greatest
apostle of Filipino nationalism, published, while in Europe, several works with highly
nationalistic and revolutionary tendencies. In March 1887, his daring book, NOLI ME
TANGERE, a satirical novel exposing the arrogance and despotism of the Spanish clergy, was
published in Berlin; in 1890 he reprinted in Paris, Morga’s SUCCESSOS DE LAS ISLAS
FILIPINAS with his annotations to prove that the Filipinos had a civilization worthy to be proud
of even long before the Spaniards set foot on Philippine soil; on September 18, 1891, EL
FILIBUSTERISMO, his second novel and a sequel to the NOLI and more revolutionary and
tragic than the latter, was printed in Ghent.
Because of his fearless exposures of the injustices committed by the civil and clerical
officials, Rizal provoked the animosity of those in power.This led himself, his relatives and
countrymen into trouble with the Spanish officials of the country. As a consequence, he and
those who had contacts with him were shadowed; the authorities were not only finding faults
but even fabricating charges to pin him down. Thus, he was imprisoned in Fort Santiago from
July 6, 1892 to July 15, 1892 on a charge that anti-friar pamphlets were found in the luggage of
his sister Lucia who arrives with him from Hong Kong. While a political exile in Dapitan, he
engaged in agriculture, fishing and business; he maintained and operated a hospital; he
conducted classes- taught his pupils the English and Spanish languages, the arts.
The sciences, vocational courses including agriculture, surveying, sculpturing, and
painting, as well as the art of self defense; he did some researches and collected specimens;
he entered into correspondence with renowned men of letters and sciences abroad; and with
the help of his pupils, he constructed water dam and a relief map of Mindanao - both
considered remarkable engineering feats.
His sincerity and friendliness won for him the trust and confidence of even those
assigned to guard him; his good manners and warm personality were found irresistible by
women of all races with whom he had personal contacts; his intelligence and humility gained
for him the respect and admiration of prominent men of other nations; while his undaunted
courage and determination to uplift the welfare of his people were feared by his enemies.
When the Philippine Revolution started on August 26, 1896, his enemies lost no time in
pressing him down. They were able to enlist witnesses that linked him with the revolt and these
were never allowed to be confronted by him. Thus, from November 3, 1986, to the date of his
execution, he was again committed to Fort Santiago. In his prison cell, he wrote an untitled
poem, now known as "Ultimo Adios" which is considered a masterpiece and a living document
expressing not only the hero’s great love of country but also that of all Filipinos.
After a mock trial, he was convicted of rebellion, sedition and of forming illegal
association. In the cold morning of December 30, 1896, Rizal, a man whose 35 years of life
had been packed with varied activities which proved that the Filipino has capacity to equal if
not excel even those who treat him as a slave, was shot at Bagumbayan Field.
Kid7 (LADY): Wow lola, rizal is is very talented and gifted.
Kid1 (JELLY): OMG that’s right! I’m so excited to know more about his childhood.
Lolo (WARRID): Okay kids. Childhood in Calamba. In the midst of the orchard that
surrounded the house in Calamba, the father of Rizal constructed a modest nipa hut. Nature
provided him with rich imagery for his future poems.At the age of four he could recognize the
martin, the maya, multi-colored kuliawan, and many others. In the afternoon, protected from
the tropical sun by the shadow of Mount Makiling, the young Rizal contemplated at these birds
with joy. How happy he was in that communion with nature!
His mother provided him with a mind equipped with a great capacity for assimilation and
with exceptional intelligence, she taught him how to read and write, she inculcated in him a
sense of duty. She corrected his faults, especially his obstinacy. To accomplish this, she used
parables, which Jose, like other children loved to listen to. At the end of each parable, the
mother explaining the symbolism brought out a moral lesson.
Lolo (WARRID): How about you kids, do you know how to read and write?
All Kids: Ofcourse Lolo!
Lolo (WARRID): Well that’s good.
Lolo (WARRID): In his hours of leisure he would return to the orchard where the study of
insects held his interest. Since childhood hobbies are usually those that last, Jose retained his
inclination to botany and zoology up to the end. Rizal continues making progress in his studies,
before the age of three he could recite the alphabet; he paid great attention to the lessons than
his sisters received from their tutors. This great diligence was not forced on him by his mother.
It was he, himself, who evinced an innate curiosity for an interest in learning. In Calamba he
learned how to write. It is said that his father paid an old man to teach him the elements of
Latin. These classes lasted only five months owing to the death of the old man.
  He went to a school in Calamba, but after a short time it was clear that he had learned
all there was to learn from his teacher there. He was made to stop going to school. He was at
that time seven years old.
Kid2 (CLAUDINE): Oh no, I felt bad for Rizal.
Kid3 (CAREN): Me too.
Lolo (WARRID): Rizal continued his studies at home. But this situation could not go on, so
Francisco thought of sending the boy to Biñan, his native town, bigger than Calamba, along
the banks of Laguna de Bay, an hour and-a-half ride away. The teachers there would be more
capable. He was at that time nine years old. It was the first time that he was separated from his
family. Accompanied by Paciano, he left for Biñan one Sunday, arriving there at sundown.
They went to his aunt’s house where he was to board, together with six other relatives.
Paciano introduced him to his teacher he spoke Spanish, Rizal answered,“A little sir”. This
prompted one of his co-students to make fun of him to a fight after class. He himself admitted
that he won by sheer luck. He gained the reputation of being small but strong but this fame did
not last long.

Lola (ALJE): In Calamba, Laguna. 19 June 1861 JOSE RIZAL, the seventh child of
Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso y Quintos, was born in Calamba, Laguna. 22
June 1861 he was baptized JOSE RIZAL MERCADO at the Catholic of Calamba by the parish
priest Rev. RufinoCollantes with Rev. Pedro Casañas as the sponsor.
28 September 1862
The parochial church of Calamba and the canonical books, including the book in which Rizal’s
baptismal records were entered, were burned.1864 barely three years old, Rizal learned the
alphabet from his mother.
1865
When he was four years old, his sister Conception, the eight children in the Rizal family, died
at the age of three. It was on this occasion that Rizal remembered having shed real tears for
the first time.
1865 – 1867
During this time his mother taught him how to read and write. His father hired a classmate by
the name of Leon Monroy who, for five months until his (Monroy) death, taught Rizal the
rudiments of Latin.
At about this time two of his mother’s cousin frequented Calamba. Uncle Manuel
Alberto, seeing Rizal frail in body, concerned himself with the physical development of his
young nephew and taught the latter love for the open air and developed in him a great
admiration for the beauty of nature, while Uncle Gregorio, a scholar, instilled into the mind of
the boy love for education. He advised Rizal: "Work hard and perform every task very carefully;
learn to be swift as well as thorough; be independent in thinking and make visual pictures of
everything."

Lolo (WARRID): 6 June 1868 .With his father, Rizal made a pilgrimage to Antipolo to fulfill the
vow made by his mother to take the child to the Shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo should she and
her child survive the ordeal of delivery which nearly caused his mother’s life.From there they
proceeded to Manila and visited his sister Saturnina who was at the time studying in the La
Concordia College in Sta. Ana.
1869
At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem entitled "Sa AkingMgaKabata." The poem was
written in tagalog and had for its theme "Love of One’s Language."
In Biñan, Laguna. 1870, His brother Paciano brought Rizal to Biñan, Laguna. He was placed
under the tutelage of Justiniano Aquino Cruz, studying Latin and Spanish. In this town he also
learned the art of painting under the tutorship of an old painter by the name of Juancho
Carrera.
17 December 1870
Having finished his studies in Biñan, Rizal returned to Calamba on board the motorboat Talim.
His parents planned to transfer him to Manila where he could continue his studies.
Back in Calamba.
1871
His mother was imprisoned in Sta. Cruz, Laguna for allegedly poisoning the wife of her cousin
Jose Alberto, a rich property owner of Biñan and brother of Manuel and Gregorio.
1872
For the first time, Rizal heard of the word filibustero which his father forbids the members of his
family to utter, including such names as Cavite and Burgos. (It must be remembered that
because of the Cavite Mutiny on January 20, 1872, Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and
Jacinto Zamora were garroted at Bagumbayan Field on February 17, 1872.)

Lola (ALJE): Have you learn something about rizal story?

Kid4 (ARABELLA): Yes lola. I learned that Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, in
calamba, laguna, Philippines, which was then a Spanish colony.
Kid5 (SAHOD): Me also, I learned that his birthplace is now known as the Rizal Shrine, a
national monument and museum dedicated to his life and works.
Lola (ALJE): How about the childhood of rizal?
Kid6 (OMAR): Rizal had a relatively comfortable childhood, growing up in a middle-class
family. He was the seventh of eleven children and was known to be a precocious child,
showing early signs of intelligence and creativity.
Kid7 (LADY): Rizal’s childhood was marked by his exposure to the injustices and abuse
committed by the Spanish colonial government against the Filipino people, which would later
shape his nationalist beliefs and fuel his passion for social reform.
Kid1 (JELLY): Rizal’s experiences during his formative years, including his exposure to the
injustices of Spanish colonial rule, had a profound impact on his life and inspired him to
become a prominent figure in the Philippine independent movement.
Lola (ALJE): Wow kids that’s good to hear.
ALL: And that’s the end of Rizal ancestry, birth, and childhood. THANK YOU!