Italian citizenship.?

Question

Ok, I have a couple questions. I will give the story then the questions.

My great grandparents were born in italy, married in italy in 1909. they moved to the U.S. in 1909. My grandmother was born in the U.S. iin 1914. My father was born in 1946.

#1 How do you know if my great grandfather gave up his Italian citizenship?

#2 So my grandma cannot pass citizenship because it was before 1948?

#3 Is there anyway I still qualify for Jure Sanguinis?

thanks

Answer 1

First of all, you should try to find copies of the original birth records and marriage records of your great-grandparents (easy if you know the cities where they were born and/or got married).

Then you should try to find out exactly if and when your great-grandfather had nimself naturalized as an US citizen. If your grandmother was younger than 21 at the time, she would not have lost her Italian citizenship.

Unfortunately yes, Italian mothers could give citizenship "Jure Sanguinis" only to their children born after the entry into force of the new Italian Constitution, which eliminated any gender inequality in law.

Answer 2

According to the ItaliAmerica cultural association at http://www.italiandualcitizenship.com/ your grandmother would have inherited Italian citizenship from her father (unless he had renounced it) but did not pass it on to your father because he was born two years too early.

Still.. double check with your Italian embassy or consulate just to make sure.  If you really really want Italian citizenship, you can try finding an Italian lawyer to look into this for you.  Maybe there is a loophole somewhere.