Rosa Rodríguez was the only daughter of Félix and Isabel. However, since she lived with her half-brother Bernardo since childhood, she adopted his surname during the Independence wars, being known as Rosa O'Higgins Riquelme. She and her mother followed Bernardo O'Higgins during his exile in Perú as well as in the previous campaigns during the Independence war.

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En los años de la lucha por la Independencia, adoptó el apellido de su medio hermano Bernardo, con quien vivió los primeros años de su niñez. -------------------- Media hermana de bernardo O Higgins, llevó el apellido de su hermano, por cariño y lo acompañó al destierro