The Spanish persecutions of the descendants of Lakan Dula continued and intensified, but a lot of descendants maintained their native surnames like lakandula, dula, dulay, gatdula, dulayan, abdullah, rebadulla, dulatre, duldulao, dulayba,lakandula, lakandola, lacandalo, lacandola, lacandula, dula - torre and many others revolving around the root word “dula”. During the intense persecution of the
Spaniards on the native aristocracy, some descendants have to disregard the “dula” root word and adopted totally different native sounding surnames for disguise, like magsaysay, lontoc, agbayani, acuna, salonga, gatchalian, bacani, macapagal, guingona, gatpandan, pangilinan, sumuroy, dagohoy, kalaw, salalima, soliman, pilapil, mabini, pagdanganan, macalintal, angara, bamba, datumanong, panganiban, katigbak, macarambon, sakay, aglipay, kasilag, salamat, karingal, kiram, daza, lacanilao, lacanlale, gatchalian, manalo, lagumbay, tamano, ilagan, bunye, pangandaman, maliksi, silang, badoy, puno, lapid, ziga, nalupta, binay, gatbonton, sinsuat, capulong, puyat, gatmaitan, macuja, dagami, ablan, capinpin, punongbayan, madlangbayan, gatlabayan, batungbakal, cabangbang, sumulong, calungsod, capangoy, kapunan, etc, but continued fighting for the liberation of the natives from Spain. Some of the descendents hid their Lakan Dula heritage by changing their names into the likes of guevara, aguinaldo, legaspi, aquino, mendoza, osmena, de Leon, estanislao, laurel, fernando, ejercito, delapaz, mercado, santos, bonifacio, de guzman, etc, while some adopted chinese surnames of their mother like lim, uy, go, tan, etc, but they continued to pursue a belligerant posture against Spain. The descendants of Lakan Dula were hidden in different parts of the country along sea and river routes to keep them safe during the intense Spanish persecution of the native aristocracy. There are five main branches of the direct descendants of Lakan Dula. These are the branches of the five children of Lakan Dula: Batang Dula, the eldest; Magat Salamat, the martyr; Maria Poloin, the only girl; Dionisio Capulong; and Felipe Salonga. David was hidden in Candawid, Isla de Batag, Northern Samar; Daba settled in Candaba, Pampanga; and Dola was given a big tract of land in Candola, San Luis, Pampanga. The history is obscure if Magat Salamat have children when he was executed but most of his descendants of today are situated in Central Luzon and Mindanao. Maria Poloin married Alonso Talabos and it is still unclear up to now if they have children. Current research has not lead to the children of Dionisio Capulong. But some historians are saying that Dionisio was hidden in Candaba, Pampanga together with his young niece Daba. Felipe Salonga was described as the lord of Polo. The exact names of his children are still the subject of research. The Macapagal family, which is actively claiming their links with Lakan Dula and has their own family version of their claim in a Wikipedia article entitled Rajah Lakan Dula has still to ascertain from which Lakan Dula children they came from. The Capulongs of Candaba are objecting that the Macapagal came from the Dionisio Capulong branch. The Gatbontons are also objecting, in fact, they said that they have proofs that the Macapagals are not descendants of Lakan Dula. The reasons for objections are that the Macapagals have always been identified with the traitors, and the former President Gloria Macapagal is facing six counts of plunder cases. The Lakan Dula descendants are just protecting the name of Lakan Dula. This page is advocating for the lasting unity of all Lakan Dula desendants.
