Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible

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Anonymous wrote:I need to look into this because of the awful DC rat race.

Also democracy died earlier this month in America.

How did it die?

I think Democracy is winning. No one can read?

I read the results of the election.

Clearly, we aren’t a nation of readers.

[Anonymous]

My closest ancestors are from Canada, UK (Scotland), Sweden and Denmark. My husband’s closest include Switzerland.


Any thoughts about those countries?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am interested. My cousins all made sure to get citizenship in EU but I didn't pursue anything like that.

Honestly, the U.S. has changed before our eyes. It'll be a third world nation before I'm old.

I'm not keen on picking up and leaving, but I'd like to have options for the future. The day the U.S. blatantly turns into a police state is the day I'm leaving.

What’s making it 3rd world?

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't the residents of these EU countries resent it if so many Americans started using their low cost universities and healthcare without having paid into the system first?
Just a thought.

It’s not that easy. My children are eu citizens through my dh. One of them is genuinely interested in attending uni there. He needs to be a resident for 24 months prior if he wants the eu rate at the school.

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Anonymous wrote:The whites returning to Europe is beneficial and important to achieving land-back goals.

If you are white, you are living on stolen land.

Only white people? Explain that.

Sigh.

Start here, boomer:

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/10/1127837659/native-land-map-ancestral-tribal-lands-worldwide

I think PP was saying all POC are living on stolen land, except for the POC indigenous folks. Not white people. Everyone.

Only the whites are colonizers and oppressors.

The department of education needs to close down. It’s an abject failure. It has yielded crop after crop of complete idiots.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am interested. My cousins all made sure to get citizenship in EU but I didn't pursue anything like that.

Honestly, the U.S. has changed before our eyes. It'll be a third world nation before I'm old.

I'm not keen on picking up and leaving, but I'd like to have options for the future. The day the U.S. blatantly turns into a police state is the day I'm leaving.

What’s making it 3rd world?

NP - Overwhelming its citizens with third world immigrants. Pretty obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've looked into it. It can get a little tricky because borders have moved.

For instance, my grandparents were Polish, and came over to America in the late 1800s when all these present-day-countries were under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, after WW2 the lines were redrawn and their villages are now in the Western Ukraine. So does that mean we look toward Polish citizenship or Ukrainian? Messy!

Yes - my ancestors cam from Poland, but due to the borders I don't think we are eligible for citizenship.

My MIL is eligible for Irish citizenship. I wish we had persuaded her to get it before we had kids. That would have made them eligible. And while I don't know all the details or requirements, it is possible to use that citizenship to apply for college in the EU as a passport holder. So if you have a mom/MIL or dad/FIL that are eligible, encourage them to apply before your kids are born!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My closest ancestors are from Canada, UK (Scotland), Sweden and Denmark. My husband’s closest include Switzerland.


Any thoughts about those countries?

I tried Scotland as have Scottish grandfather. It not only needs to be no further back than grandparents but emigrating after a date that we just missed out on. Can’t remember why.

Maybe it has changed now though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The whites returning to Europe is beneficial and important to achieving land-back goals.

If you are white, you are living on stolen land.

When are you leaving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My closest ancestors are from Canada, UK (Scotland), Sweden and Denmark. My husband’s closest include Switzerland.


Any thoughts about those countries?

My grandfather was born in Sweden, and I can only obtain one by living there and learning the language. For Canada, it is based on residency. I obtained my British passport via my dad, who was born there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've looked into it. It can get a little tricky because borders have moved.

For instance, my grandparents were Polish, and came over to America in the late 1800s when all these present-day-countries were under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, after WW2 the lines were redrawn and their villages are now in the Western Ukraine. So does that mean we look toward Polish citizenship or Ukrainian? Messy!

I lived in this area and some older folks who had lived their entire lives in one village had had three or four different passports (like Polish, USSR, Ukrainian, Hungarian, etc) from the shifting borders.

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My sister in law did this for Lithuania and it was a ton of documentation and challenging in general. She had a lawyer handle it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am interested. My cousins all made sure to get citizenship in EU but I didn't pursue anything like that.

Honestly, the U.S. has changed before our eyes. It'll be a third world nation before I'm old.

I'm not keen on picking up and leaving, but I'd like to have options for the future. The day the U.S. blatantly turns into a police state is the day I'm leaving.

What’s making it 3rd world?

NP - Overwhelming its citizens with third world immigrants. Pretty obvious.

I’d say it’s more due to the lurch to the right, and the influence of Trump and the people he has empowered. The country is definitely going backwards due to them.

[Anonymous]

My kids and I are in the Polish backlog for citizenship. Both my parents were Polish. I figured for $4k in fees/lawyers, it gave us options if we ever wanted them.

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I think having grandparents or parents who fought in WWII should be worthy of consideration. If not for citizenship then at least for residency.

Couple that with income requirements and I don't understand why more countries won't even consider it.

It rankles me that so many Americans fought & died or were wounded during WWII but their offspring are given the face-palm when seeking options for residency in those countries.