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<img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.kahimyang.com/resources-9/rizal-parents-sm.webp" alt="Rizal's parents" />
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(Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso)
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2794/today-in-philippine-history-june-4-1850-saturnina-rizal-the-eldest-sister-of-jose-rizal-was-born-in-calamba-laguna" class="news_link">Saturnina</a> (1850-1913) was the eldest child.  She married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas.
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2697/the-little-known-but-equally-patriotic-general-paciano-rizal" class="news_link">Paciano</a> (1851-1930), the only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose College in Manila, became a farmer and later a general 

of the Philippine Revolution.
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<a  href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3228/today-in-filipino-history-october-29-1852-narcisa-rizal-was-born-in-calamba-laguna" class="news_link">Narcisa</a>  (1852-1939), the third child, married to Antonio Lopez of Morong, Rizal.  She was a teacher and musician.
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3000/olimpia-rizal-the-stout-sister-of-a-hero" class="news_link">Olimpia</a> or Olympia (1855-1887), the fourth child married Silvestre Ubaldo.  She died in 1887 from childbirth.
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3194/luc-a-rizal-steadfast-sister-in-the-rizal-legacy" class="news_link">Lucia</a> (1857-1919), the fifth child, she married Matriano Herbosa.
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3198/maria-rizal-the-brave-sister-who-stood-by-jose-rizal" class="news_link">Maria</a> (1859-1945), the sixth child,  married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
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Jose (1861-1896), the second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards on December 30, 1896.
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Concepcion (1862-1865), the eight child. She died at the age of three.
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Josefa (1865-1945), the ninth child. She was an epileptic, died a spinster.
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2745/today-in-philippine-history-june-6-1868-trinidad-rizal-younger-sister-of-jose-rizal-was-born-in-calamba-laguna" class="news_link">Trinidad</a> (1868-1951), the tenth child.  She died a spinster and the last of the family to die.
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<a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/2999/soledad-rizal-the-heros-controversial-sister" class="news_link">Soledad</a> (1870-1929), the youngest child,  she was married to Pantaleon Quintero.
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Source:
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Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan
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http://www.joserizal.ph
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June 28, 1848: Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso got married