Ancestry Search = Dual Citizenship?
Something that I have always thought was cool was to have dual citizenship. One of my best friends was born in Germany and because her father was American, and her mother is German -- and she was born there -- she is able to obtain citizenship in both Germany and the U.S. I wasn't jealous, but I wanted that so bad. I don't know why. Maybe for bragging rights? I don't know, I was only a kid. When I met my husband, I found out his mother is from Finland. She moved to the U.S in the 1980s when she met his dad. I didn't know Finland's laws when it came to becoming a citizen in another country, but he told me he has E.U citizenship via Finland because of his mom. I just think it's cool. I had asked about gaining citizenship through him as a spouse, but I would have to learn Suomi (Finnish) and live in Finland for five years -- not something we could really do right now, and have you seen Finnish? It's complicated! Something about me: I'm obsessed...lik...