Genogram by Mark Paul Paroli

1. Genogram
Mark Paul S. Paroli

2. Introduction
• Our family weren’t very close to our relatives in our
father side because of some family problem,
however, knowing my Dad I can find a lot of
leadership traits that I believe has been handed
down to me and my brothers.
• We were usually exposed to our relatives in our
mother side.

3. Mother Side
During my mother’s younger years, her family didn’t
really live comfortably as there were times that my
grandparents needed to rely on their siblings to take
care of my mother and her brothers and sisters due to
financial difficulty. Many of my grandparents’ siblings
were willing to help, which could probably explain the
closeness of our family to each other.
The Solimans are considered to be hard working
people, and sometimes being called workaholic
people, which is sometimes an advantage and at the
same time a disadvantage.

4. Mother Side
Grandparents Mother side
o Maximino Soliman
• Was an Entrepreneur. His main business was his insurance
company, but as years went by, he was able to open up
several kind of businesses, one of which is an auto shop
because of his love of cars, all of them lost when he died
in the later part of 1980’s.
• He was known to be very famous in their neighborhood
because of his way of solving disputes, and at times
acted like a barangay chairman in their area.
• He was really business minded and urged most of his sons
and daughters to open a business
• He was known to be a hot headed person which was also
passed down to all his sons and daughters
o Virgillia Soliman (my Grandmother)
• Was a tiger mom to his children who most of them were
able to finish college despite the hardship of life.
• She graduated in Arellano University with a degree in
Education.
• She was known to be a strict mother to her 10 children.
• Right now being a grandmother to 21 children, I can feel
her unconditional love to us in different ways.

5. Soliman Family (Mother
side)
Siblings
• Augosto soliman
o Eldest of the siblings
o Finished Mechanical Engineering.
o He became president of the company SMC, an international air
cylinders, actuators, valves, fittings, regulators, air dryers and
more for the automation industry.
o After my Grandfathers’ death, he acted as the head of the
family.
o He has earned the respect of his brothers and sisters even until
now.
o He is a father of 2 children, the eldest, a graduate of UA&P and is
now an assistant operation manager of the Ayala Malls, and the
2nd a graduate of DLSU where she works in Rustans.
• Januario Soliman
o A certified public accountant here in the Philippines. He didn’t
took the exam in the USA when he migrated but still landed on a
good job because of his hard working attitude.
o His eldest daughter finished Law school in the USA and is now
practicing and the other finished mechanical engineering and
makes six digits a month in Philippine peso.

6. Soliman Family (Mother
side)
Siblings
• Virgilia Soliman – Paroli
o My Mother.
o Had 4 wonderful childrens
o She was able to finish Optometry and was able to open
up 5 branches, which to the current is the largest locally
owned opticals in Pampanga.
o She is in my own experience, a tiger mom and a very
strict disciplinarian. Because of her strictness, up to this
moment, no one in the house is allowed to say a bad
word, everyone is obliged to go to mass every Sunday,
she taught us to be focused on a Catholic Mass, we
were afraid to flunk subjects during our school years, we
were supposed to know everything about our business
by heart.
o She is a leader, the way I see her, as being respected by
everyone because of her hard work and love of the
business, which I think is an effective tool.
o She is one of the most hard working person I know. She
will come to the clinic from 10am up to 7pm or
sometimes until 9pm.

7. Soliman Family (Mother
side)
Siblings
• Mina Grace Soliman – Nicolau
o She graduated dentistry, also in Centro escolar
university.
o She is a mother of 2, one graduated in Brown University
and one in University of Pennsylvania. The one works in
Google and the one works in JP Morgan groups of co.,
both of them were classified as geniuses.
o She is a single mother and is able to take care of two
amazing children with good manners
• Maria Luz Soliman – Hamto
o She is a mother of 2 children both also graduated in the
USA.
o She is currently an employee in a large company which
specializes in selling flowers.
o She is one of my most strict Auntie. She was so strict that
it came to the point that sending us to her house is a
form of punishment.
o When we came to the USA, I felt how hospitable she
was to us. She gave most of her time to us while we
were there. She’s probably one of my favorite.

8. Mother Side
• Marcela Bella Soliman – Sison
o She is a mother of 2, one studying in DLSU taking up civil engineering and the
one in HAU.
o She is very active in charity, especially to the aetas in the mountains.
o She is also an epitome of hard work especially in charity works.
o She is a licensed optometrist but chose the path of helping the needy
• Evangeline Soliman
o She is an active church member in her community in California. She is a single
mother to one child, which is a very smart kid. Her child is an achiever in her
school.
• Maximino Soliman jr.
o A hard working father of 4. He wasn’t able to finish high school but because of
his hard work and determination he is able to find many jobs.
o Everybody can see with actions how he doesn’t want to happen to his
children what happened to him.
• Ferdinand Soliman
o Same as Maximino, he wasn’t able to finish High school but has many work in
the USA to help his family especially his kids’ education.

9. Mother Side
• Ronald Soliman
o The youngest of the siblings in my mother side.
o He is a famous wedding photographer, being the top 15 wedding
photographer in the USA.
o He was able to build his career because of his hard working attitude and
his compassion to his clients. He started as a photojournalist until his boss
acknowledged his hard work and passion in photography and was
quickly promoted.
o He is married to Bless Soliman, who also supports him in his career.

10. Father Side
• Marcelo Paruli
o My grandfather runs a small business of tailoring as I remember when I was
little and we were visiting his house.
• Beatrice Paruli
o My grandmother would always tell us of her story of making coats and
barongs to people during her young days.
o She was able to enter different kind of jobs.
o The best things about her is her hard working attitude. She didn’t have a high
paying job but was able to let his Son, Grandsons and granddaughters to finish
primary, secondary and tertiary education.
o She is currently developing her dementia but would always repeat how proud
she is of his son, my father, for passing the CPA examination.
Siblings
• Antonio Paroli
• Alma Paruli
• Wilma Paruli

11. Father Side
• Antonio Paroli
o The most hard working person I know.
o He works 12 hours a day everyday. He believes that success is the fruit of hard
work.
o He is the most simplest person I know. He doesn’t really think of the brand of his
things, he has simple clothes, drives a simple car, and just recently started using
a smart phone, because we bought him one when his old phone broke down
after almost 5 years.
o He believes that living a simple life is the key to living a happy life. His only vices
are listening to 60’s music through a radio and watching inside the cinema. I
remember one Christmas where he saw the Sale in the mall. He could buy
almost anything inside a mall but what he bought was a radio on Sale which
was around P900, I could see how happy he was with that radio.
o He was able to finish CPA by being a working student. He used to work in fast
food restaurants back then. There were times that the Chinese owner wouldn’t
have anything to pay him, so the owner will just pay him “Pancit”. He had so
many challenges during his teen years, from family problems to his studies.
o He would always remind us about how sacred marriage is and divorce or
separation is never an option.
o My father reads a lot of books. He has a book shelf for himself. Because of his
love of books, we have our own mini library inside our house

12. My Siblings
• Jonathan Paroli
o Our eldest. One of the smartest in our family.
o He is currently the chief resident in JBL ophthalmology department.
o He also inherited the love of books. Most of the books he reads are the same as my
favorite genres
o He has probably highest logical skill among us 4. He has almost beaten my father in
the game of chess.
o A very responsible person. He believes that everything should always be in order.
• Michael Paroli
o Another doctor of medicine in the family. He is the only one in the family with a pre
med of Optometry.
o He loves to study. He is the only person I know that could spend all his day studying.
o A very smart person, in my opinion.
• John Pius Paroli
o The youngest among the 4 brothers.
o He is also currently taking up Optometry
o He is an active student leader in his college in CEU
o An independent person because he is surviving life in Manila by his own.

13. My Siblings
- I believe that most of us inherited the hot head of
everybody in the mother side. But according to my
Dad, I am the least to inherit that trait.
- Hard working has been one of our attributes. We are
always reminded that the only thing our parents can
give us is education. And they were able to provide
that to us because of hard work, especially that they
started from the bottom.
- The close family trait is one of the traits I am proud
of. I could still see myself telling my children the
importance of a complete family. And to see myself
still having gatherings with my siblings through the
years to come.

14. Family