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There is truly much reason to celebrate the New Year for Mariana Zobel de Ayala, a third generation scion from the prominent clan of Filipino-Spanish developers. Just a month shy of her first wedding anniversary to Danel Aboitiz—the only child of Cebu’s shipping magnate Endika Aboitiz and wife Valerie—she is embracing her first taste of motherhood with the birth of her eldest child shortly after the holidays. Then just on Thursday, the Harvard-educated 28-year-old marked the grand opening of Ayala Malls The 30th in the heart of Pasig City and Ortigas Center.