• @iknowitwheniseeit
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    17 hours ago

    Not every country gives citizenship to people born there.

    There are two basic models:

    • citizenship by soil
    • citizenship by blood

    In some countries you can be a 3rd or 4th generation resident but not have citizenship if none of your ancestors had citizenship.

    In other countries you can be a citizen even if neither you nor any of your parents or grandparents actually lived in the country, but you have an ancestor who did.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis