Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 21:13     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Seems like our US and EU citizen kids need to keep applying for passport for their kids until the law is changed. My kids were born EU citizens. We just had to let government know I'm the mother and they exist.
Very easy nowadays; we just need the ID card and the reader.
They don't have to know the language, visit the country or give up US citizenship (for now).
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 21:00     Subject: Re:Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
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.


Yes, I'm sure they will, and I bet if enough of us apply, they will change the rules or set quotas or whatever.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:58     Subject: Re:Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Around 2015 Spain extended citizenship to Sephardic Jews as a 'reparations' gesture (in between quotes because I doubt its sincerity, especially as it was conceived during an economic crisis), then started denying the majority even with great documentation. Guess they decided they didn't want that many poor Latin Americans and others living in Spain.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:58     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My sister and I are going to do this for Germany. My mom was born in Germany and brought over during the war as part of operation paperclip. Hopefully we can do it. The lawyer says absolutely for me as in I pretty much already am one. The relief at knowing that I may not HAVE to scrounge for health care in retirement was surprising.


Are you planning to move to Germany? If not it won’t help you much for healthcare.


Even if you move there, I believe there are limitations if you don’t have a work history in the country.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:54     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:My sister and I are going to do this for Germany. My mom was born in Germany and brought over during the war as part of operation paperclip. Hopefully we can do it. The lawyer says absolutely for me as in I pretty much already am one. The relief at knowing that I may not HAVE to scrounge for health care in retirement was surprising.


Are you planning to move to Germany? If not it won’t help you much for healthcare.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:47     Subject: Re:Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
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.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:36     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Yep. I'd do it in a heartbeat. My mom might get me into Canada, and my dad, England.
My daughters have lost their civil rights, don't want them becoming grown women here.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:33     Subject: Re:Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
My ding dang grandfather renounced his Italian citizenship before my mom was born, so I can’t claim citizenship it seems.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:28     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I've done this. Got my kids citizenship in Canada and an EU country. I want them to have options.


How far back did you go for Canada?
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:26     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
My great grandparents were Swedish and Norwegian, and immigrated to Canada. I was born in the US. Would love some of those amazing Scandinavian benefits!
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:24     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Croatia has no limit on the number of generations removed as long as you can document lineage (including any transition from Croatian to Americanized spelling). They also recently got rid of their Croatian language requirement as well. EU country!
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:23     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
My sister and I are going to do this for Germany. My mom was born in Germany and brought over during the war as part of operation paperclip. Hopefully we can do it. The lawyer says absolutely for me as in I pretty much already am one. The relief at knowing that I may not HAVE to scrounge for health care in retirement was surprising.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:23     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:
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!


Galicia? How interesting!!


Not that uncommon in dc considering the number of ashkenazis here

Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:12     Subject: Re:Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
I looked into this in Ireland but the blurb in the OP is wrong -- you can't go back four generations. One set of great grandparents immigrated to the US from Ireland but because my grandmother was born in the US I'm not eligible. If her parents had applied for her to have Irish citizenship I might be, but otherwise it's too far removed. I was disappointed.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 20:10     Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.


No you will not be able to get German citizenship on that basis.


Bummer, though I kind of figured. I mean, that would be a lot of potential new citizens. Anyway, it has been interesting to do the searching. We were apparently all here before the Revolutionary War.