For instance, Dr. Jose Rizal's youngest sister, "Soledad" is rumored to be
"only a half-sister". Then, I came across a counter-claim that Soledad was
really a full-blooded sister. That the controversy about her revolves around
the unconfirmed story that she was a "disgrasyada" (had a child out of
wedlock). During those times, this type of thing was a big issue, you see.
Anyway, while tracing roots of families of prominent historical figures, I
accidentally got diverted into looking into the families of past presidents. I
am about two weeks away from making a complete compilation.
In the meantime, I got stump in tracing the family tree of our current
president,
Joseph Ejercito, a.k.a. Joseph Estrada, a.k.a. Erap, a.k.a. Joseph
Estrada-Ejercito.
Prelim need for clarification: I do not know the legal process required for
changing one's name. I am not aware that Joseph Ejercito went thru a legal
process to change his name to Joseph Estrada-Ejercito, the name by which he
goes by in his own website: <http://www.erap.com> Maybe, somebody can help me
out on this one.
Anyway, again, here is the family tree of the President. I need help in
completing, verifying the accuracy of some of the information contained here.
1. Parents = Maria Marcelo married Emilio Ejercito
2. Children (brothers and sisters of Joseph)
(a) Pilarica = doctor
(b) Emilio Jr. (deceased) = lawyer, lived in USA.
(c) Paul = married Margie, lives in compound adjacent to Joseph
(d) Pat = nutritionist, lives in adjacent compound
(e) Antonio = political science graduate
(f) Connie (deceased) = finished BA
(g) Marita = retired WB official (World Bank)
(h) George (deceased) = former bold movie star
(i) Jesse = chemical engineer, movie producer
*Joseph was the child between Marita and George
3. Families of Joseph
First Family = Luisa Pimentel (aka Dr. Loi) - First Lady of the Phil.
Children: Jose "Jinggoy" = married
Presentation Vitug
Jude (Capt.-air force?)
Jacqueline = married "Beaver"
Lopez son
of Manolo,
CEO/COB Meralco
2nd First Family = Guia Gomez - aka First Lady of San Juan
Son: Jose Victor "JV" Ejercito
3rd First Family = Laarni Enriquez - aka First Lady of Wack-Wack
Children: Jerika Lariza
Juan Emilio
Jacob
4th First Family = Joy Melendrez - aka The other First Lady
Son : Jose
5th First Family = Peachy Osorio aka Another First Lady
Children: Joel Eduardo "Jojo" married
Marjorie
Ma. Theresa "Techie"
Ejercito
6th First Family = Mary Ann Murphy aka The Last First Lady we know of.
Son: Jose
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To be sure, there have been many other women that have been related or
identified with Erap. But for purposes of this family tree - tracing roots -
we
confine our geneolgical work with those with whom he has shired children.
This is not to say that there may be others "lurking" that would, at the
appropriate time, (read: when Erap bequeathes his worldly possessions, while
in his death bed) come forward to claim and be recognized as extensions of
Erap's prolific family tree.
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There must be some of you out there who have some info/input that you would
like to share with the NG. It does not matter at this point if your info or
input has been documented or not. In due time, verification can be
established. For now, it is sufficient for the purpose of this exercise to
compile the "raw flesh data" (an original phrase coined by Kit Tatad, Senator,
when he was Marcos' Press/PRO)...we will look into the DNA findings, if and
when the need for it arises...but knowing how big the EGO of El Erap is, this
might be a very long time cuming.
PusongPinoye2