If my great-grandfather was born in Italy in 1851 can I apply for Italian citizenship through ius sanguinis?

Question

I was born in Australia as was my father and grandfather. My great-grandfather was naturalised in 1904 three years after my grandfather was born. My great-grandfather was born in 1851 before Italy was unified, and come out to Australia in 1881 and died in Australia in 1932. What I want to know is this: Is my great-grandfather considered to be an Italian citizen if he was born before unification but died after unification?

Answer 1

Yes. But you need a lot of paperwork (eg yours, parents and grandparent's birth certificates and possibly marriage certificates).

Information re Italian citizenship: http://www.italiandualcitizenship.com/

Italian embassy: http://www.italian-embassy.org.ae/Ambasc...

Answer 2

Ask the Italian Embassy.