Some chose entirely non-Chinese surnames (Ke Yi-Nan, who was baptized Doming Lamco and Rizal’s ancestor, adopted “Mercado” to better assimilate). This practice was also prevalent among ...

In a significant and historic visit, Elke Pickert, the great-great-granddaughter of the esteemed Ferdinand Blumentritt, along ...

IN what was described by the Embassy of Austria as “a significant and historic visit,” Elke Pickert—the great-great-granddaughter of the esteemed teacher, lecturer and author of articles and books on ...

Dr. Jose Rizal (1861 to 1896) The national hero's paternal ancestor, Domingo Lamco, was a Fujian province immigrant surnamed Cua (Ke in Mandarin), who became a rich self-made entrepreneur.

Ashoka, Augustus, Catherine the Great, Charlemagne, and Hatshepsut belong here; I’m less convinced that Confucius, Machiavelli, José Rizal ... “Harriet Tubman’s ancestors came from the ...

Two Moriori karapuna or ancestors returned to Aotearoa last week. So far more than 500 ancestors have been repatriated, but work remains to bring home an estimated 150 who still remain in museums ...

Cabot's gold-hungry ancestors — including a Spanish conquistador, a missionary, a female early 20th-century pilot, an Edwardian explorer, and a prospector — come to life as visual ...

The Yamna people of what is now Ukraine are one of three groups all modern Europeans can trace their ancestry to. It is thought that Indo-European languages, including English, originated with the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino author and national hero Jose Rizal will be one of the new playable characters in the upcoming "Sid Meier's Civilization 7" video game. As the name suggests ...