The Velosos and Dutertes of Cebu

The Dutertes of Cebu belongs to the Veloso Clan from the lineage of Maximo Veloso. The grandfather of Cebu City Mayor Ramon Duterte and Danao Mayor Vicente Duterte is Isabelo Veloso Duterte.

He had four children:

Facundo Duterte, who married Zoila Gonzalez, and had the following children: Ramon (who became a lawyer, vice mayor and mayor of Cebu City when Serging Chiong Veloso Osmeña Jr. vacated the office), Jorge (who married Estefania Cortes), Mariano (who married Salud Calvo), Soledad (who married Epifanio Rodis), Vicente (who became a lawyer, appointed Danao mayor in 1945 by President Sergio Suico Osmeña Sr., appointed and elected governor of Davao, secretary of the Department of General Services with Senator Alejandro “Landring” Almendras as his political benefactor, he married Soledad Roa, their son Rodrigo became a lawyer, Davao City mayor, congressman and president).

Severo, who married Felisa Ypil, and had the following children: Jose (Petra Laurente), Carmen, Beatriz (who married Ramon Durano, the patriarch of the Durano Clan and political kingpin of Cebu), Conrado (who married Adela Ibanez), Trinidad (who married Bienvenida Ralota), Leonides (who married Esmerald Kinanahan), and Concepcion (who married Cesar Noel).

Dolores, who married Amando Osmeña, and had the following children: Rosario (who married Hilario Toledo), Vicente, and Ramon (who married Aurelia Almendras).

Teodosia, who married Cornelio Diores, and had the following children: Ramon Diores (who married Epifania Villamor), Natividad (who married Margarito delos Santos), Lourdes (who married Teodulo Podutan), and Luisa (who married Francisco Ruiz).

Ramon Duterte, son of Facundo Veloso Duterte, married Rosario Regis and had the following children: Jesus (who married Jean Villaluz), Ronald (who married Gloria Parinasas, he was elected councilor, vice mayor, and successor mayor of Cebu City during the time of Dr. Florentino Solon, he was also president of USP and dean of the College of Law), Myrna (who married Mark Grieder), Cherrie (who married Hans Gross), and Ramon Jr. (who married Alice Quilicot).

Vicente Duterte, who married Soledad Roa, and had the following children: Eleanor, Rodrigo “Digong”, Emmanuel, Jocelyn (who married Wilfredo Villarica), and Benjamin Duterte.

Beatriz (daughter of Severo Veloso Duterte), who married Ramon Durano, had the following children: Beatriz (who married Emerito Calderon), Lydia (who married Oscar Rodriguez), Ramon III (who married Pacita Ramos), Jesus Don (who married Elsa Montesclaros), Rosemarie (who married Celestino Sybico), Thadeus (who married Nimfa Presbitero), and Ramon III (who married Elizabeth Hotchkiss).