@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 1 month agoHaving a baby? Use this one weird trick!lemmy.zipimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1519
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink0•1 month agoBecause their family has lived in Germany for a hundred years and they have no link to another place in living memory?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoMost US-american families haven’t lived in the US for 100s of years, but they’re still US-americans, not Irish, Spanish, German etc.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoBecause that’s what true “citizenship-by-blood/heritage laws more or less straight out of the 19th century” would imply.
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink1•1 month agoIn 2025 they just mean “if either of your parents was a citizen when you were born, you can be too”
Why would you be?
Because their family has lived in Germany for a hundred years and they have no link to another place in living memory?
Most US-american families haven’t lived in the US for 100s of years, but they’re still US-americans, not Irish, Spanish, German etc.
Because that’s what true “citizenship-by-blood/heritage laws more or less straight out of the 19th century” would imply.
In 2025 they just mean “if either of your parents was a citizen when you were born, you can be too”