Talk:Macapagal

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The eldest son of Lakan Dula is Batang Dula who was married to the relative of the de Goiti, the founder of Manila. The marriage gave birth to three children, the eldest is David de Goiti Dula, next is Daba de Goiti Dula and the youngest is Dola de Goiti Dula. The Lacandola of Arayat came from one of the grandchildren of Lakan Dula of Tondo named Dola, who is from San Luis, Pampanga. When Dola married, she insisted to use the surname Lacandola for her children to maintain connection with his grandfather from Tondo and partly, to hide from Spanish authorities. On her old age, Dola had been arrested for giving medical assistance to the local rebels. Some old natives of Candola, San Luis, Pampanga are saying that Dola was actually executed by the Spaniards.She has nine children and one of them married a Spanish mestizo surnamed Reyes.Eventually, the Reyes - Lacandola was married into a Macapagal and one of their children is a brave boy named Juan. Don Juan Macapagal was given the title Maestre de Campo General of the natives Arayat, Candaba and Apalit for his aid in suppressing the Kapampangan Revolt of 1660.[1] He further aided the Spanish crown in suppressing the Pangasinan Revolt of Don Andres Malong in the same year, and the Ilocano Revolt of 1661. Don Juan Macapagal died in 1683. Don Juan Macapagal is a direct ancestor of Philippine Revolutionary General, Lazaro Macapagal and two former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal and his daughter, former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (World Public Library). This is very historical and credible. However, some detractors of the Macapagal is saying that their great great grandfather,  Juan Macapagal, is actually a son of somebody of guy with a surname Capulong. This was recorded in the Wikipedia article of Juan Macapagal. The question arises why is the father has a Capulong surname and while the alleged son has a Macapagal surname.Why? How? With so many questions like this, the more the lineage of Macapagal became questionable which lead to wild speculations, that the Macapagal is not really a descendant of Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo, but of somebody else. Or just an adopted son of the Capulong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.114.132.232 (talk) 03:03, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Some detractors of Macapagal's claim to the Lakan Bunao Dula lineage are indeed capitalizing on Juan Macapagal history that says he descended from Dionisio Capulong. Lakan Bunao Dula died on 1575 at the age of 72 and Dionisio Capulong was born in 1594.It is biologically impossible for a son to be born several years after the death of the father. So, Dionisio Capulong is not a son of Lakan Bunao Dula. Lakan Dula eldest son, Batang Dula, was born 1535 and it is possible that Dionisio Capulong is a son of Batang Dula, the eldest son of Lakan Bunao Dula. That is maybe the reason why some historians are saying that Batang Dula and Dionisio Capulong are one and the same, only to realize that they are actually father and son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.201.65.166 (talk) 17:26, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Because historical records shows that based on date of birth of Dionisio Capulong (1594), he can not be the son of Lakan Dula or Lakan Carlos Dula who died on 1575, therefore, it is possible that Dionisio Capulong is the son of other children of Lakan Dula, although it has still to be proven. The childrren of Lakan Dula are as follows: Batang Dula, the eldest son of Lakan Bunao Dula; Don Magat Salamat, who would later rule Tondo with his cousin Agustin de Legazpi after Lakandula died, and who was then executed by the Spanish in 1588 for his role in the Revolt of the Lakans;Don Felipe Salonga, the Datu of Pulu;Doña Maria Poloin, his only historically recorded daughter, who married Don Juan Alonso Talabos; and Don Martin Lakandula who entered the Augustinian Order as a lay brother in 1590.