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Deep State Witch

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1. Unfortunately, No

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 04:48 PM

Apr 20

My paternal grandparents were German, but they were not residents of Germany. They were in the Austria-Hungarian Empire. They came to America in 1920, since there was a lot of instability in what's now western Romania at the time.

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Do you qualify for German citizenship? [View all] mitch96 Apr 20 OP

Unfortunately, No Deep State Witch Apr 20 #1

Same with my Mom. she was born in what is now Ukraine but at her birth it was the Austro Hungarian empire. mitch96 Apr 20 #2