They did not get citizenship because of their grandparents.
They got a foot in the door because they knew someone living in Italy (if that even is the cast), and then went through everything a normal migrant needs to go through.
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AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 4 days agoIt’s not quite the same, but I know someone who acquired Italian citizenship because their grandparents were Italian/had Italian citizenship. They don’t even speak Italian.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 4 days ago
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 4 days ago
What are you even talking about? They both acquired it over Jure Sanguinis, both of them barely understand any Italian. They have dual Italian citizenship.
Nobody said anything about needing ancestors to live somewhere else.
Spitefire@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Italy has recently changed their requirements and now language proficiency and residency are required. But yes, up until very recently heritage was mostly enough.