• @grue@lemmy.world
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      33 months ago

      Because that’s what true “citizenship-by-blood/heritage laws more or less straight out of the 19th century” would imply.

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        43 months ago

        In 2025 they just mean “if either of your parents was a citizen when you were born, you can be too”

    • @Genius@lemmy.zipOP
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      23 months ago

      Because their family has lived in Germany for a hundred years and they have no link to another place in living memory?

      • @sexy_peach@feddit.org
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        43 months ago

        Most US-american families haven’t lived in the US for 100s of years, but they’re still US-americans, not Irish, Spanish, German etc.