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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is an old thread, but has anyone successfully gotten their German citizenship?
I ask because one person I know who had a grandfather who left before ww1 was told that there was no record of him, or what record existed probably was lost due to the following 2 wars [/quote]

Germany citizenship through ancestry is quite hard---you need to have been born to at least one German parent. Grandparents don't count. 
See below:  (it says by wedlock as the requirements if you were born to unmarried German parents are different).

I looked into this (and went as far as talking to a paralegal at a firm in Germany that specializes in immigration) as I have 4 grandparents who were born in Germany.  My 80 year old mother was born in the US to German citizen parents (they immigrated to the US but did not become US citizens until the year following her birth).  My mother would be eligible to apply for German citizenship and I might be if she first became a citizen (I was never quite clear on this).  I am not eligible on my own.  My mom has no interest in German citizenship so my quest ended there.

German citizenship by being born in wedlock
Children born in wedlock between Jan. 1, 1914 and Dec. 31, 1974, acquired German citizenship only if the father was a German citizen at the time of their birth.

Children born to a German mother in wedlock between Jan. 1, 1964 and Dec. 31, 1974 only acquired German citizenship if they would have become stateless otherwise.

Children born in wedlock after Jan. 1, 1975, acquired German citizenship if one of the parents was a German citizen at the time of their birth.

Children born in wedlock between April 1, 1953 and Dec. 31, 1974 to a German mother and a non-German father did not become German citizens by birth. However, during the years 1975, 1976 and 1977, their parents could claim German citizenship for them. The deadline for this procedure originally ended on Dec. 31, 1977. Since August 20th, 2021, children or their offspring can obtain German citizenship on the grounds of declaration. This possiblity will be available for the next 10 years. Please check here for further details.[/quote]

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