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Here are 9 countries offering ancestry-based citizenship to Americans looking to leave US after Trump’s victory
Fox News via NY Post ^ | 11/15/24 | Jasmine Baehr

Posted on 11/16/2024 12:47:32 AM PST by Libloather

In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, many Americans, especially celebrities, have pledged to give up their citizenship and move elsewhere.

For Americans exploring dual citizenship options or seeking a second passport, many countries offer pathways to citizenship based on ancestry.

These countries often allow citizens of foreign nations to claim nationality through parents, grandparents or direct ancestors.

Here is a list of nine countries offering citizenship by descent, arranged alphabetically.

1. Ghana

Under Ghana’s Citizenship Act of 2002, individuals with a Ghanaian parent can apply for citizenship.

The country’s “Year of Return” initiative encourages African Americans and Afro Caribbeans to reconnect with their heritage.

Ghana also offers the “Right of Abode” program, allowing those with African descent to live indefinitely in the country without needing a visa, provided they can document their lineage.

2. Germany
3. Hungary
4. India
5. Ireland
6. Italy
7. Poland
8. Portugal
9. Spain

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Travel
KEYWORDS: americans; citizenship; dcircularfiringsquad; meltdown; tds; vacation; victory
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To: Libloather

My ancestors were Celts, does that get me an Irish passport.


21 posted on 11/16/2024 5:39:37 AM PST by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 Romans 10:9 Hebrews 9:27)
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To: Fzob

My 1/4 Italian niece had done so for herself and two kids. Extensive paperwork, but with her TDS I imagine she’ll be there ASAP.


22 posted on 11/16/2024 5:49:25 AM PST by F450-V10
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To: Libloather

Canada


23 posted on 11/16/2024 5:58:50 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: tanstaafl.72555; Fzob
Because anyone looking around at the trajectory of the USA over the last 4 years who thought they would be “safe” because “this is the USA, and we don’t trample freedoms here” is an idiot. Lots of people, including myself, want to know where the exits are.

Whenever there is a discussion about "acquiring another passport" or "leaving the country," I ask, "To WHERE?"

I believe namely that no other country affords the individual the freedoms and rights - enshrined in our Constitution - that the United States does.

If you're talking about "bugging out" - i.e., fleeing to a bunker to wait out a full-out nuclear Armageddon - I would concede that certain islands off the coast of Antarctica, etc. might be viable alternatives.

But in the case at hand, Fzob's wife is seeking Italian citizenship.

That, frankly, is ridiculous! In Italy, full-fledged Italian citizens enjoy fewer rights than U.S. citizens in America. Just try purchasing a handgun or a "concealed" permit in Italy. And I suspect that a "passport Italian" might be looked on with suspicion and subjected to a greater infringement of rights.

The country as a whole is being swamped with illegal boat people from Africa, it's under the cudgel of the E.U. bureaucracy in Brussels, etc.

Regards,

24 posted on 11/16/2024 6:07:18 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Menes
Maybe knowledge of Hungarian is a requirement for obtaining Hungarian citizenship - whereas being of Hungarian heritage makes you applicable for residency in Hungary, but not for automatic citizenship.

Learning Hungarian isn't as difficult as is commonly believed.

Of course, it isn't an Indo-European language (like Farsi, Sanskrit, Spanish, English, or Old Icelandic), and it's agglutinative rather than analytic - so you won't have more difficulty than learning, say, Mongolian, Japanese, or Navaho.

Good luck!

Regards,

25 posted on 11/16/2024 6:14:05 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Spouses of Italian citizens must learn Italian and pass a test at a fairly high level.


26 posted on 11/16/2024 6:15:31 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: DFG
My Great Grandparents on Mom’s side were born in Germany. Per this article, that qualifies me to apply for German citizenship.

WHERE in Germany? Within its boundaries as existing on Jan. 01, 1938?

And don't answer, "Bavaria." If you can't be more specific...

Regards,

27 posted on 11/16/2024 6:17:46 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Libloather

Ghana doesn’t have voting In guess.

/s


28 posted on 11/16/2024 6:25:20 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Libloather

Americans vastly underestimate how much they will be taxed in Europe. Some countries have a tax on assets and unrealized gain. Someone has to pay for all that Welfare


29 posted on 11/16/2024 6:26:14 AM PST by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

The child or grandchild of an Irish immigrant can qualify for Irish citizenship (Foreign Birth Registration).
A great-grandchild may qualify IF their parent received his/her citizenship before the great-grandchild was born.

Slainte


30 posted on 11/16/2024 6:35:39 AM PST by AbnSarge
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To: Libloather

Both my parents were German citizens when I was born, so I qualify for German citizenship. But why would I want to live in that feceshole or anywhere in Europe?


31 posted on 11/16/2024 6:56:17 AM PST by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: DoodleBob

Good one!

I am of Irish descent. Some of my ancestors went through a lot to get here.

I think I’ll stay put.


32 posted on 11/16/2024 7:00:21 AM PST by Allegra (Deplorable garbage)
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To: Libloather

So Long
Farewell
Auf Wiedersehen
Goodbye


33 posted on 11/16/2024 7:01:07 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: alexander_busek

Just don’t use the wrong Hungarian-English phrase book.


34 posted on 11/16/2024 7:02:34 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tanstaafl.72555

Well, arrivederci.


35 posted on 11/16/2024 7:05:13 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: alexander_busek

My Mom’s Dad was born in North Dakota in 1910 but had older siblings that were born in Germany. His parents and older siblings came through Ellis Island around 1900. They settled in Velva, North Dakota (near Minot) and were farmers. My Mom was born in North Dakota but they moved to Marin County, CA around 1940. My Mom, her 4 siblings, and parents lived in a 1300 square foot house in San Anselmo, CA and her Dad worked for PG&E after World War 2.


36 posted on 11/16/2024 7:11:48 AM PST by DFG
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To: Libloather

Poland is not that easy. My daughter tried with the help of a facilitator. She went so far as to obtain documents from around 1900 from Poland. The lack of formal birth certificates from that time made it difficult.


37 posted on 11/16/2024 7:22:24 AM PST by beekay (Liberty - easy to lose; hard to get back.)
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To: alexander_busek

Yes, that’s what I have heard. 😀

Still, I thought the most difficult feature of the Hungarian language is to get the vowel length right in spoken Hungarian, though this obviously isn’t the case when you see it written down.

Oh yes, and the old linguist in me awakens when I hear of the old distinction between the agglutinating, the analytic and the synthetic languages 😋

I know that the Turkish language agglutinates, too. That’s why, in the 19th century, some linguists thought that Turkish and Hungarian were somehow related…


38 posted on 11/16/2024 7:24:14 AM PST by Menes (Thank you, America, for giving us hope!)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

How do you look in a kilt? Or is that Scotland?


39 posted on 11/16/2024 8:09:21 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: alexander_busek

According to my Mom, Great Grandmother was born in 1864 in Weiser, Germany. Cannot find Weiser on the map. Not sure where that is. Ship docked in Baltimore in 1884. Went to Freeport, Illinois.

Great Grandfather was born in 1864 in Lippe Detmold which is between Frankfurt and Hamburg. He came with a Danish farmer with cattle aboard and was hired to tend cattle. Don’t know the year.

Neither came through Ellis Island. Ellis Island opened in 1892.


40 posted on 11/16/2024 8:50:11 AM PST by DFG
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