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Looks of Lakan Dula & his Descendants

The appearance of Lakan Dula, can be described through the standard methods that well known historians around the world usually resort to, by describing his known closest descendant, in this case, David Dula y Goiti, and by asking old folks about it. Lakan Dula is taller than the average native of his times, maybe 5'6 to 5'8 in height. He is not very dark, he is "kayumangging kaligatan", which is slightly fairer than the average native. Due to his fondness to the sea and rivers (Tagalog came from Taga - ilog, from the river), he has a dry skin on his legs which appeared to be some sort of "scales", which is like the skin of some Europeans during winter (scally), a characteristics which some of his descendants at present are still carrying. He has a high cheek bone, a protrudding forehead and a nose which is "pugilist" - high, but the bridge is not well pronounced. He has a straight hair, but appears to be a wavy on his slightly longer hair. His eyes is deep set, slightly brown, and not too chinky. His eyebrows are not thick. His teeth are well arranged. He appears to be lanky and not very mascular but he is not overweight. He is a silent type but very passionate. He is extremely bright in mannerisms, and smart and wise in battles. He is a litttle bit hairy on his legs and arms, just enough hair, and has a well shaven and not thick "bigote". Although, commercial artists renditions of his appearance in the postcards sold in popular bookstores in the Philippines illustrates him as clean shaven. His descendants are self sustaining, independent, sometimes secretive and clannish and are turning out to be mestizo looking because they ussually are married to mestiza or pure Chinese or Spanish from generation to generation, a marriage tradition which they are still practicing even today. For instance, if you survey the wives and husbands of the Dulay Clan of Northern Samar, most of them are married to Chinese mestizos and mestizas. One of the examples is Governnor Madeilline Mendoza(who herself is Spanish mestiza looking) and who is a direct descendant of Petre Dulay of Candawid (Kan David, or David Dula y Goiti). She is married to Mayor Hector Ong, brother of Congressman Emil Ong. Another example is the present leader of the Dulay Clan of Marikina who is married to a chinese mestiza... which explained the fact that the immediate reigning family of the Dulay Clan of Marikina that stays in the clan ancestral house in the poblacion are all chinitos and chinitas. The future generations of the descendants of Lakan Dula may appear to look very different from the description of Lakan Dula as based on the accounts of the earlier descendants. These future descendants, as time passes by, may even look more caucasians and chinese than natives, due to their tradition of marriage, but they have to look back to the appearance of Lakan Dula as described above, and feel proud that this is the way the archeological native Filipinos look once upon a time.

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