Welp, I've decided to try to get Italian dual citizenship [View all]

I have two reasons. One, I'd like to make a connection with my ancestors, but more to the point I'd like to have a guaranteed way out of the country if tsf gets in. I could easily see him closing the borders so we, his enemies, can't escape his vengeance. I think at the least he'd create some graft by charging a large payment to leave. Hitler did that to the Jews in the 30s..

Maybe I'm paranoid, but with an Italian passport, they really can't stop me (and my wife) from landing in a safe harbor.

The process is complicated, I'm going on what they call a 1948 case, which I think refers to a section of the Italian immigration laws. They will use my grandmother's line, who was born in Sicily in 1895. My grandparents married in 1909, and my grandfather was a US citizen, having forsworn allegiance to King Emanuel Victor in 1905. My grandmother did not have to do so, as she automatically got citizenship through her husband, so she made no such declaration. That makes me eligible.

There are a lot of hoops and documents, so I've started working with a law firm out of Verona who specializes in this work. Should take somewhere around a year give or take.

So wish me luck on this new journey. My diligent genealogical work over 30+ years is paying off.

Ciao!