History
Arroyo's great-great-grandparents were Ignacio Arroyo and Doña Maria Pidal, who raised three children in total - Maria Beatriz Del Rosario Arroyo (a candidate for sainthood), Jose Maria Arroyo and Mariano Arroyo. Jose Maria became a senator in 1919, whilst Mariano was elected into the office of governor for the western Philippine province of Iloilo in 1928. Senator Jose Maria Arroyo and spouse Jesusa Araneta-Lacson (from the Negros Occidental province) eventually produced seven children together, one of whom was Ignacio Lacson Arroyo. Ignacio subsequently married Lourdes Zaragoza Tuason and the two then raised their own family, with two sons, Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo, and Ignacio Arroyo, Jr..
Whilst Arroyo's family hails from the province of Iloilo, his ancestry can be traced back to the Fujian province on mainland China. Arroyo's major project whilst occupying the role of the Philippines' First Gentleman was the sourcing of funds for the training of Filipino athletes in preparation for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, for which the Philippines was the host nation.
Arroyo's only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes 'Luli' Arroyo, 37, married J. Aloysius 'Luigi' Bernas on November 5, 2008 in the Tagaytay Highlands. Bernas is a former investment banker and ex-director of the Ayala Foundation, the wedding was a small, private function to which only ten people were invited.
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