i'm an eligitimate child of a former us air force service man.how can i derive my u.s. citizenship he's dead

Answer 1

In order to obtain citizenship through your father, you have to establish the fact of paternity. Does your birth certificate or other document reflect the name of your father? Was your birth registered somewhere with a US embassy or consulate? Is there a legal acknowledgement by him of your relationshp? Was there any paternity action, or order for child support? Did he communicate with you in any way, or put anything in writing to indicate that you are his child?

If not any of the above, it is very difficult to prove his relationship to you. Since you are writing this question, I have to assume that you are at least in your teens or older. If your father died within the last 15 years or so, US servicemen had their DNA preserved for purposes of identification in the event of death. Before that time, the only records of his DNA would be in any tissue or blood samples that he had given in his lifetime, and you would have to know if the military or civilian doctors or hospitals kept such tissue or blood.

Here are some details from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology regarding DNA testing:

"In April 1992, the ASD(HA) (Asst.Secretary of Defense for Health Admin.)formed a working group of military Service representatives to facilitate DNA collections of Active and Reserve component servicemembers. The establishment of the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR), became a reality on June 10, 1992, with the collection of preserved blood specimens and buccal swabs from U.S. Army trainees at Fort Knox, Kentucky. By October 1992 all personnel entering the Army through the six basic training sites were having a DNA specimen collected. Subsequently, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, initiated DNA collections of new service members as well as those already on Active Duty. In December, 1992, a six person team from AFIP collected over 5,600 specimens in a three day period from personnel of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York prior to deployment to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. During calendar years 1994 to 1999, collections have been made from personnel deploying to Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia, Latin America, and Kosovo.

Over subsequent years, the ASD(HA) has issued policy refinements on the collection of specimens, length of storage, use of specimens, and requests for destruction of specimens by the donor. All Active Component personnel were targeted for collection not later than December 31, 1998, with Reserve Component personnel slated for completion not later than FY02. All Services are at least 90 percent complete for the current Active duty members with targeted collections for special operations, aviation, and other high-risk personnel. Since the start of the DNA specimen collection program in June of 1992, the AFRSSIR has collected over 2.8 million specimens from 1,500 Service collection sites world-wide (as of Aug.1999). "

I hope this might be of some use to you in your situation. Good luck.

Answer 2

No dont call 911. Depending on where youre at youd have to contact the american consulate there and see what documentation you need to prove that you are in fact his son since DNA is probably out of the question now that hes passed on.

Answer 3

I would advise all that John B told you. If what he told you (Test your DNA with the suspected father), isn't possible, try to find a possible brother or sister of yours. You might have a different mother, but his DNA will be present in you, and will turn up on a test. If that isn't possible, find his brother, or sister, or father, or mother. Any relative of his may be able to determine that you are his child, if the DNA test shows enough similarity with them.

If there are pictures of him and your mother together, letters, love notes, etc, that would help you.

Answer 4

What is "eligitimate", and what does it mean to "derive" your U.S. citizenship? Why is his death pertinent to this question?

Answer 5

Call this number 911

Answer 6

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