Does the country you were born in define your nationality?
I was just wondering because although some people believe that if you leave the place of your birth at an early age and grow up the rest of your life in a different country and culture you assume that as your nationality because you have no recollection of your birthplace.
in theory your nationality depends on the nationality of your parents.
but I reckon you aren't talking about that
so well if you have no recollection of your country and have lived your whole life ina different country than you probably are e.g.
more of a frenchman than a german
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If it is down to the parents then in my case I should be English, if it is down to where you have lived most of your life then I am English.
But I was born in Wales and have a birth certificate that is in Welsh but translated into English. So shouldn't the last one count for more?
Official definition of nationality is:
The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, parental nationality etc.
But in actuality I'd define your nationality as the place you call home were you respect the national culture and laws and fit in .
as for me, i'm 100% american property. love the east and west coast. bright and early day for me to salute the red, white and blue. COME TO THIS COUNTRY, but don't take my job. J/K.
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Precisely. For example, in the right to German nationality has been during a long time only accessible by the parentage. No matter if you were born there or not. It was a problem for many Turks that had emigrated there and had had children... This situation started to change 10 years ago or so, with an opening to more people whose birthplace was in Germany.
The French idea of nationality, to take another example, is based on the acceptance and on the attachment of a person to the principle of the nation he belongs to.
Well, I was born in Indiana, United Staes. My nationality, however, is German, Irish, Polish, and British. Birthplace is decided by where you were born, not nationality
Re: Does the country you were born in define your nationality?
Depends. I, as much as I hate to admit this, am an American. My family comes from so many different backgrounds (French, Norwegian, Irish, Welsh, English, Ojibwe Indian, and on and on...) that I have to call myself an American, even if I did move to France or Norway or Ireland or Wales or England or... err... Minnesota.
Is there really such a thing as national identity?
My parents are from East Asia and I'm British born, I don't think I get "the best of bother worlds" though, as I know more of Britain than Asia, I only know the lingo, but when I went to Vietnam last year, with my cousins and aunts.. it was like a culture clash, there were things they would do and I'd think... URGH.
i was born in the USA. i have french, german, irish and cherokee indian in my blood.
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