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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my circles, I work with affluent, educated immigrants.  This crowd sometimes does.  I also know people from the former Soviet Union who have European passports.

I do genealogy (European immigrant ancestors).  It is becoming very trendy for people to try and get EU passports if they can qualify.  The main reason is to give options on where to vacation for long periods of time and retirement.  Also, for the younger set, the idea of working in Europe is just fun.[/quote]

I have also done genealogy for over 30 years. I wanted to work abroad in my STEM
field when I was younger, but in some ways it was much harder to do so. What I find interesting is that this younger generation definitely exploits their heritage to try to get Euro passports but lacks much connection to that heritage except maybe a last name or a family recipe. I guess it is sorta mutual becauee overseas countries like the influx of money. [/quote]

PP.  I've read that Americans are the nationality most interested in genealogy because of many of us being immigrants.

I'm aware that a lot of our ancestors were happy to leave what was then grinding poverty in backwater places with mainly subsistence farming.

Now, the places they left are charming and the Internet has made it possible to have a good life in those places.  It makes sense to leverage a legal right to go back.

My boss married an Italian-American.  His parents immigrated in the 1960s.  Now he and their children have Italian citizenship.  I think that makes it easier for them to own property there.  And the kids may consider working in Europe.  They have family still in Italy and usually visit 1x per year.[/quote]

Maybe people will finally understand American is not an ethnicity then.

Also, it is selective. For example, Poland will not grant you citizenship based on heritage if your ancestor be ame a us citizen between 1920 and 1950. But other EU countries DGAF.[/quote]

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