Can someone from the philippines still trace his Spanish ancestry?

I am of Spanish descent my grandmothers grandfather was pure Spanish I saw his children%26#039;s pictures (my great grandparents) and they look foreign the males have broad shoulders tall nose deep seated eyes and blondish hair. Our family was even able preserve my great great grandfathers rifle from the Spanish armada. I know his last name Dela riarte. I was able to get many traits from my great2 grandfather I am also 6ft tall nose pale skin and we kinda look alike grandma said.
Can someone from the philippines still trace his Spanish ancestry?
i just know a lot of philipinos have spanish last names cuz they were named after catholic saints.. and in 1849 they had to choose anems from some approved list and had to stick with it..long story..








For the first several hundred years of Spanish rule, most Filipino surnames were either indigenous (e.g., Macapagal) or the names of Saints or other Catholic symbols (San Jose, de la Cruz, de los Reyes, etc.). Frequently, members of the same family did not have the same %26quot;surname%26quot; which drove Spanish officials crazy since they were trying to keep the tax rolls straight.





So in 1849, under Governor General Narciso Claveria, they issued a huge %26quot;Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames%26quot; (Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos -- republished by the National Archives in 1973), which is just page after page of names, some Spanish, some Filipino, compiled by friars and bureaucrats from various sources. In theory, every Filipino was supposed to pick a name from this approved list, and all members of the same family were supposed to have the same surname and stick to it.





In practice, implementation was very uneven. In some provinces, e.g. Albay, the governor apparently tore out pages from the Catalogue and sent them to individual towns. Hence, almost everyone in the town had names beginning with the same letter (%26quot;B%26quot; in Tiwi, %26quot;R%26quot; in Oas, etc.) In other provinces, it was much more random. A lot of people kept old surnames (including %26quot;de los Santos%26quot; and the like) even though the decree supposedly forbade this. However, most Filipinos have family names which date back only to 1849 and to the %26quot;Catalogue%26quot; issued by Claveria.





Most of the Filipino-Chinese surnames date from the 19th century and later when most Chinese immigrants came to the Philippines. Names ending with %26quot;-go%26quot; or %26quot;-co%26quot; or %26quot;-son%26quot; often reflect contractions of generic terms or honorifics.
Can someone from the philippines still trace his Spanish ancestry?
They can; but the names also have to do with it.
Reply:Not all Phlippines people are Spanish.
Reply:filipinos are spanish


ok look at it like this


filipinos are asian mestizo


asian indigious mixed with spanish


similar to mexicans


pretty much asian mexicans hahahaha