Is it where your born or what nationality your parents are? My dads parents were Irish but he was born in England, is he an Englishman? On that basis lets say a Chinese couple have a baby whilst their in Scotland, are u telling me that the little Chinaman is gonna be a Scotsman? dont want to upset anybody, just dont know how it works.
2006-07-13 06:43:33 · 13 answers · asked by CC 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Just claim to br human...national pride is dangerous.
2006-07-13 06:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by ndmac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nationality is based on what country you pledge your allegiance to.
So typically this would be where you were born. But for some, such as those who come to the US legally and become naturalized citizens, part of that process is to pledge your allegiance to the US and only the US.
In some very specific cases some people are able to have what is called a dual citizenship. In that case I'm not sure how it would work but I would imagine that it would be the place where you live the majority of the time.
As far as where your parents or grand parents are from that would be what your heritage is but not necessarily your nationality.
Example: I was born and raised in the United States. From a Nationality stand point I would say that I am American. But my father's lineage is from Germany and my mothers lineage is from Ireland and so my heritage is German and Irish.
2006-07-13 06:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's not that straightforward as both parentage or position of start. It relies upon on the country the youngster is born in. some countries furnish nationality to all little ones born there. celebration, u . s . a .. different countries furnish nationality acording to the moms and dads' nationality. In eire, a baby is irish if he/she will educate a figure is irish. Adults can substitute their nationality any time with the help of being naturalised. It relies upon on the country you want to be a nationwide of. concerns get complicated even as a baby is born in a plane, or in global waters (Open sea in a deliver) back, it relies upon on the moms and dads AND the position the plane/boat is from. some unlucky little ones stay stateless (without nationality) the following is a case. back in 1988 or 1989, i imagine, Father British, mom Irish, moms and dads unmarried, born in a plane over global waters. because the moms and dads were unmarried the youngster couldn't get the daddy's nationality. the youngster replaced into born outdoors of eire, so she couldn't get an Irish start cert. The plane... back, over global waters... difficulty. No start cert, no nationality. Now the regulation has replaced in eire, the youngster is now Irish. So that's not that straightforward.
2016-11-02 00:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its where your parents are citizens at the time of birth. My fiance was born in South Korea because his dad was working their for a few years but he is Canadian because that was his parents permanent address. However, his father is British and his mother is French. So, to confuse it even further he has dual citizen ship Canada/England. Normally you can claim duel citizenship in the country where your parents were born.
So, yeah, my example is probably way too confusing. Generally though it is the country where you are PERMANENTLY living.
2006-07-13 06:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by PAWS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
works like this..
everyone who lives in the US with citizenship is AMERICAN.. it doesn't matter where you were born. no one in the US is american.. they are only american by citizenship. now.. the word you're lookin for is 'heritage' .. ur 'blood line' beacuse americans came from Europe. .. you can go further and ask someone what their heritage is .. so if you are caucasian ' a white american' .. that means you most likely either German, Irish, English.. Sweedish.. ect ..thats someones descendants .. heritage. so ur dad is Irish .. thats his heritage.. and yours as well.. but you are also the nationality where you live.. by citizenship.
did that help any ?
2006-07-13 06:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by nola_cajun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a little tricky I know - I was born in the states, but my parents came from Haiti, I identify myself as Haitian-American as opposed to African American.
2006-07-13 06:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Pask 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your nationality is usually determined by your father's nationality (b/c this a patriarchal world) and not where you were born...think of how many americans would be chinese, japanese, german, etc if it were by where they were born b/c so many are born in other countries b/c of being a military family.
2006-07-13 06:48:01 · answer #7 · answered by ☼§Tammers§☼ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not where u were born, its ur parents.. u take ur parents nationality except if u were born in an immigration country then u take its nationality
2006-07-13 06:47:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your Family origin, Grease, Spain Europe. and most important . Family crest most of us have one . It takes time but you can find yours.
2006-07-13 07:04:47 · answer #9 · answered by antho2820 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is primarily based on where you were born.
2006-07-13 06:46:36 · answer #10 · answered by babygirl31 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋