Genius@lemmy.zip to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoHaving a baby? Use this one weird trick!lemmy.zipimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down164
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoBecause that’s what true “citizenship-by-blood/heritage laws more or less straight out of the 19th century” would imply.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoIn 2025 they just mean “if either of your parents was a citizen when you were born, you can be too”
minus-squareGenius@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·18 hours agoBecause their family has lived in Germany for a hundred years and they have no link to another place in living memory?
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours 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.
Why would you be?
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”
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.