Italian ancestry question?

Question

my friend has a french father and italian mother, but i heard that in Italy only father's ancestry matters so he wouldn't eb considered Italian at all or am I wrong?

Answer 1

he is french-italian

Answer 2

NO well.. it depends... i'm italian, a friend of mine has american father and italian mother... but she told me she has god both nationality.. so, that is, she is american and italian at the same time...

i think would be the same with your friend..

even if yes... french and italian together... blah... =p

ciao e forza italia! =p

Answer 3

Your friend should call his/her local Italian Embassy and ask.  My husband is Italian and I'm English, both of my children have two citizenships: British and Italian.  You need to be careful though when applying for another citizenship because with some nationalities you can lose the previous citizenship.  Anyway the Italian Embassy will give your friend all the information he/she needs.  You could even try searching on the Internet.  Hope I've been of some help.

Answer 4

It depends what do you mean with "Italian"; if he wants to claim Italian citizenship, it's automatically given, since her mother was, at the time of his birth, an Italian citizen.

Mother's ancetry can be a problem, by this point of view, only if your friend was born before 1948. That law is slated to be changed, though.

So, by Italian government point of view, he's considered "born as Italian", but in order to gain Italian citizenshp, he have to apply for.

Answer 5

maybe is because the french dad doesn't want to consider his son italian...

italy-france ... always troubles..

Answer 6

hmmm. . . . that sounds familiar!! my mom is polish and my dad is sicilian but when we were ever asked our background we ALWAYS well, predominately said italian/sicilian (yes i know they are technically NOT the same one is from the boot and the other from the island but i live in Oklahoma and some good ol' folks just don't get it so ya gotta simplify)

if we were ever asked to specify we told them half and half but majority of the time it was th italian/sicilian - I mean our last name is Ognibene so how many polish folks do YOU know with that last name LMAO

However, getting back to your question - I don't know why that is.

Answer 7

thats correct. Thats how it usually is in Europe. My dad is from a diff city than my mom so we were raised knowing that we are from where my dad is from not my mom...kinda weird but true

Answer 8

My boyfriend's family was mostly all born in Italy. First of all, married women in Italy don't even take their husbands' last names, so quite the opposite of that notion I'd say.