Topic: What's the earliest you can trace your family's lineage

LadyD !Pool..v42s started this discussion 3 years ago #106,456

And still be in the country you live in currently? Mines back to like 1750 on one side

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 18 minutes later[^] [v] #1,196,184

I only cared to go back far enough to determine that I am not eligible for citizenship by descent in the country my family came from.

LadyD !Pool..v42s (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 22 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,186

@previous (B)
Oh? How does citizenship by descent work?

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JIM joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 16 minutes later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,189

Oh just kidding, I didn't read the second line.

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Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,194

@1,196,186 (LadyD !Pool..v42s)
Some countries will grant you citizenship if you can prove you're descended from someone who lived there. Different places have different rules in terms of how many generations back you can go and such.

LadyD !Pool..v42s (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 48 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,209

@previous (B)
I wonder if I'm too far removed from a Switzerland citizenship if my ancestors came over in 1734 🤔🤔🤔

boof joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,212

mmmmmwahhh the Suisse

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 55 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,213

@1,196,209 (LadyD !Pool..v42s)
From what I've seen, the cutoff is usually grandparents or great-grandparents, but I've only looked at a handful of countries.

LadyD !Pool..v42s (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 25 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,218

@previous (B)
Yeah doesn't seem like I'd be eligible either way, but interesting to know that is a possibility for some people

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 6 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,223

@previous (LadyD !Pool..v42s)
I'm jealous of people with that opportunity. I'd leave the US in a heartbeat if it was that easy for me to gain citizenship elsewhere.

WSD !m2cp3rR5zw joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 14 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,196,664

Founding stock since like the 17th century

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