Comment on How do I realistically get out of the US?

• grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And that’s the true story of how I learned all my Polish ancestors came over before modern Poland was a thing, and thus didn’t have Polish citizenship to pass on.

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    broooo! same! the weird part is that the part of so called russian poland my family was from when they evacuated Europe is in Western Ukraine now, so i guess the conclusion is everything’s made up and nationalities don’t matter

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    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Country borders are just lines on a map. They don’t exist in the real world.

      If only everyone was able to experience the overview effect, a lot of our issues could potentially fix themselves.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect

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    • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Similarly fuzzy! I think they mostly came from the “Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria” region of Poland. Some definitely have “Galicia” on their earlier census records, then later records for the same relatives say Poland. Other relatives waffle between Poland and Russia. t National borders are so fuzzy.

      The other side of the family is from Appalachia since the 1800s, but sometimes can’t decide if they’re born in TN or KY because they were from a disputed region.

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      • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        there are dozens of us with this background! dozens!

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  • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mine did, too, I received Polish citizenship this year. If your family came from what is today Poland and you can prove that, you’re eligible. If not, and they came from the territory that is today Hungary, Romania, etc - then check with those countries instead as similar laws apply.

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    • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So, how did you go about doing that? Did you pay a company to guide you through the process or what? TBH, I’m a bit intimidated by interacting with a foreign government potentially in Polish, a language I do not speak.

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      • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I hired a law firm in Poland that specializes in immigration. They walked me through genealogy / document procurement first, then helped with getting everything translated and notarized for use in Poland. It took about 2 years from starting the process to receiving citizenship.

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• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is a rough one, damn

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• Magister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  our partner now

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• limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Free benefits

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• Hubi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oof

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• lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well that’s not really an improvement…

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lateral move at best. marked step down most likely

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